Essay Instructions:
Now that you have completed
Flowers for
Algernon, you will write an essay of 3 to 5 pages answering the following question;
Treatment of Mentally Disabled: this novel was written in the 60s, when it was more common to put individual who are mentally disabled in homes like the warren home. Students could research the changes in attitudes and treatment of individuals with mental disabilities. Charlie touches on some of these changes in this comments that the correct term used to be "retarded", but now is "exceptional" but that the term will change again as soon as "exceptional? start to be an insult.
.Do you consider the novel's to be tragic or inspiring.
.Does the novel makes a definitive statement about the role of intelligence in human life, or does it simply explore this idea as an open-ended question.
This essay will reflect your understanding of
flowers for
Algernon. Whenever possible, you are required to directly quote from the novel. You are also to use a minimum of 3 outside sources
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Works Cited
Chandler, M.A. (2010, February 5). Mentally disabled 'self-advocates' opose use of word 'retarded'. Retrieved on December 2, 2012 from www.washingtonpost.com Web site: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/04/AR2010020402602.html
Groff, K., & Wildman, M. (2012, July 26). Words can wound: How the media describe the mentally ill and disabled. Retrieved on December 2, 2012 from www.kaiserhealthnews.org Web site: http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stories/2012/july/26/language-and-mentally-ill-and-disabled.aspx
Hunt, E. (n.d.). The role of intelligence in modern society. Retrieved on December 2, 2012 from www.americanscientist.org Web site: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/issue.aspx?id=878&y=0&no=&content=true&page=8&css=..
Keyes, D. (1966). Flowers for Algernon (Paperback). Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace & Company.
