In the book Flowers for Algernon, should Charlie Gordon have taken the surgery?

I know that although he lost his intelligence in the end, he learned how to empathize, love, and fully comprehend situations and that he should have gone through the surgery


because of that, but I want to know why he shouldn't have.

In the book Flowers for Algernon, should Charlie Gordon have taken the surgery?
That story made me bawl like a baby when I finished reading it. I agree with you, the surgery was a good thing for him, but it makes you question the ethics of the researchers running the experiment.
Reply:In a way,


"ignorance is bliss" as the saying goes. and in that sense, if he didn't have the surgery, he wouldn't have understood those situations in which he found out he was actually being laughed at instead of with. so by not gaining intelligence and learning human nature, he would have still lived a long life as well as he wouldn't have to endure the taunts from the people.
Reply:In my own opinion, I feel that he would have been better off if he had not decided to go through with the surgery. Then he wouldn't have hurt and loss many of the people that had been close to him, and he wouldn't have lost his job at the factory.
Reply:Well, a reason why he shouldn't have taken the surgerey would be:


he lost his intelligence in the end


being smart alienated him in the same way being dumb did





hope that helped