Issues in Flowers for Algernon

(this isn't me. I'm not Charlie Gordon. i'm just writing an answer.)

6. Linguistic: Imagine you were Charlie Gordon and had the choice of running risk of becoming super smart for two years but ultimately going back to square one versus living your present life as it is, write a letter to one of the scientists explaining your decision. It should be no less than 400 words.

Dear Dr Nemur,

I am Charlie Gordon and I want to become smarter. As you might remember, I am one of the people who have volunteered to take some tests to see whether I am fit to undergo a experimental operation to become smarter than I am now (Someone told me that I have an IQ of 68 and I don’t know if that is a good thing or a bad thing. I hope that my IQ won’t affect my chances when I take those tests. I don’t like tests. I’m scared of them.). I volunteered for this operation because I want to know about more things and have more friends.

Even if this operation to make me super-smart only lasts for two years, I would still want to take it to improve my image and my understanding of the world. I do not care if the operation hurts as I want to make Ms Kinnian happy to know that one of the students she is teaching has become very clever. I really want Ms Kinnian to be proud of me as I will become her smartest student. I want the operation so I can communicate with people on a higher level. I want to know why people laugh when I and use my name in some jokes.

My life right now is not very good. I don’t think that anyone at my workplace really likes me except for my best friends Joe Carp and Frank Reilly. If I become smarter maybe more people won’t shun me like now. Everyone around me doesn’t like me because I am not smart like them. I am hoping that after the operation, I will be accepted by more people because I will be smart just like them or maybe even smarter. People will think that I am normal and will not act differently around me so I will not stick out.

I am still willing to take the operation even if it is not permanent. I would rather take a chance and see how it feels to become smart instead of just sitting around everyday wondering how being smart will change me. I will take as many tests as you want me to take just as long as I have a chance to go for the operation that can make me smart.

I really want to become cleverer and will do whatever it takes to have the operation. Please, I want to be smart!

Yours truly,

Charlie Gordon

(OR what Charlie might write:)

Dear Dr Nemur,

I am Charlie Gordon and I want to become smarter. As u mite rimember, I am one of the peple who have voluntered to take some tests to see whether I should undergo a expeareemental opiration to become smarter than I am now (Some1 told me that I hav an IQ of 68 and I don’t know if that is a good theeng or a bad theeng. I hope that my IQ won’t affect my chances when I take those tests. I don’t like tests. I’m skared of them.). I voluntered for this operation because I want to know about more things and have more frends.

Even if this opiration to make me super-smart only lasts for two years, I wuld still want to take it to improve my image and my understandeeng of the world. I do not care if the operation hurts as I want to make Ms Kinnian happy to know that one of the students she is teeching has become very clever. I really want Ms Kinnian to be proud of me as I will become her smartest student. I want the opiration so I can communicate with peple on a better level. I want to know why peple laugh when I and use my name in some jokes.

My life rite now is not very good. I don’t think that anyone at my workplace really likes me except for my best frends Joe Carp and Frank Reilly. If I become smarter maybe more people won’t stay away from me like now. Evereeone around me doesn’t like me because I am not smart like them. I am hoping that after the operation, I will be accepted by the peple around me because I will be smart just like them or maybe even smarter. People will think that I am normal and will not act differently around me so I will not stick out.

I am still willing to take the operation even if it is not permanent. I would rather take a chance and see how it feels to become smart instead of just sitting around everyday wondering how being smart will change me. I will take as many tests as you want me to take just as long as I have a chance to go for the opiration that can make me smart.

I really want to become cleverer and will do whatever it takes to have the operation. Please, I want to be smart!

Yours truly,

Charlie Gordon

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The Cruelty of Whaling

Whaling involves great cruelty. An eyewitness on an Australian whaler in 1977 described the death of a whale:

“The harpoon seemed to pass right through it, which can happen and the second explosion took longer. The whole event this time seemed in slow motion. The whale dived, and a great green cloud burst up to the surface. Blood turns green underwater at 50 feet...or was this some of its intestines? It came up on the starboard side, its huge head, a third of its total body size, shaking itself, and then it gave out a most terrible cry, half in protest, half in pain, and then it dived again. They loaded the next harpoon, the killer, but could not get a shot at it as it twisted and turned, hurting itself all the more. Finally, the lookout in the crow's nest shouted down that it was coming up dying. Its mouth was opening.”

There is no way to kill whales instantly. The harpoons used by whalers to kill thousands of whales cause a slow death, sometimes taking an hour to kill the whale.

The trauma and rage experienced by stricken whales was documented by Greenpeace activists who sailed to the North Pacific in 1975 in order to place themselves between Russian whalers and their prey. They observed a small whale, about 30 feet below, floating dead on the water. The Greenpeace crew positioned their rubber raft between the whalers and the whales, thinking that the harpooner would not fire the heavy harpoon with the possibility of killing the Greenpeace crew, but they were wrong. The harpooner fired over them, making a direct hit on a large whale; the whale died slowly and painfully in its own blood. Then another whale in the pod charged at the Greenpeace crew. Soon the whale realized they were not the harpooners; it headed instead for the whaler. The whale charged at the harpoon boat and seemed to leap out of the water in an attempt to get to the gunner. When the whale was almost directly below the whaling boat, the gunner pointed his cannon down and killed the whale.

Another cruel aspect of whaling is the killing of female whales, leaving their calves to starve. Some whalers even killed the calf first, with the knowledge that the mother would not leave it.

How would you feel if you were brutally killed for no reason? Would you like being shot by a harpoon? In conclusion, I think that whales should no longer be hunted. Ban this cruel trade!

Reference:

http://www.endangeredspecieshandbook.org/trade_cruelty.php

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It’s been a busy week at school, what with meeting all the new teachers and stuff. Today’s going to be my first blog entry (I was too busy yesterday to do it), so as a special treat, I’ll be making a word search about subjects!

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