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  The Orange Tigers Natasha Sanchez Curtiss Johnson Sabrina Williams Gabrielle Cataldo

"What do want to do? Turn him out into the street?" "Put him away. Send him to the Warren State Home." "Let's talk it over in the morning." "No. All you do is talk, talk, and you don't do anything. I don't want him here another day. Now--- tonight."....... "You're being impossible, Rose. What are you doing?" "I warn you. Get him out of here." "Put that knife down." "I'm not going to have her life destroyed."..... (page 184) As you can see the arguments between Charlie's parents (Rose and Matt) have made Charlie's childhood seem rough. All Rose cared about was her daughter Norma and the life she needed to have, a life without Charlie. At least Matt was willing to accept Charlie for who he was and what he was dealing with no matter how many times Rose wanted to abandon Charlie. In Charlie's eyes, it wasn't understandable why his mother had so much anger against him, what was he doing wrong?

By Natasha Sanchez

IQ Tests were first theorized by a British Scientist, Sir Francis Galton. He believed that intelligence was inherited. Later, a French Pathologist, Alfred Binet, developed the actual IQ test when he was commissioned to find a test the would measure if children were fit for formal education.The test consisted of performing simple comands and gestures, repeat spoken numbers, name objects, define words, contrast objects, and define abstract terms.

Later, Henry Goddard brought it to the United States to test people for mental retardation.Lewis Terman later adapted the test to be used on adults and called it the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. THey developed the results into one score, the IQ, or intelligence quotient. How to calculate the IQ is to divide the mental age by the actual age of the person and then multiply it by 100 to remove the decimal point. However, this calculation is no longer used today because it was invalid on adults.

Here is a link to an IQ test. I do not know how how to tell if this is a relevent IQ test, my score was 129. What is your IQ? Take the test to find out!

IQ test

Rorschach Tests

In the 1960's this was the most widely used test and was ranked 8th in the pathological tests that were used in mental hospitals. Even today it is one of the most widely used tests, however there is speculation on how accurate the test is.



In this image, my stepdad saw a bumblebee. My mom saw two profiles and a face. I saw an egyptian pharaoh in the center of the image.

My stepdad saw an upside-down forest. My mom and I both saw two profiles facing each other, almost as if it was a mirrored image. We both saw a lobster also. I also saw and upside-down hill with people standing on it.

My sister, mother, and I both saw a skull head and bones crossing. I also see a skull wearing a crown. My stepdad claims he saw a transformer......(yeah right)

My mom did not see anything. My stepdad and I saw a face. My stepdad saw two penguins with their flippers up in the air. I see two Rhinos fighting over a bird. I also see a swan with its head underwater.

My mom sees two ladies and a lamp in the middle. My stepdad does not see anything. I see a woman with a long neck wearing a necklace and on both sides there are Rhinos with their mouths open and with monkeys on their backs.


 * Juxtaposition**

In Flowers for Algernon, I believe the juxtaposition takes place between the old Charlie and the new Charlie. As the new Charlie gained intelligence, he became arrogant, self centered, and lost compassion. He lost his friends at the bakery and his relationship became complex with Alice. He began to see his old self as a separate person and had to overcome emotional barriers caused by the hallucinations of his old self. He began to discover that he did not just change intellectually, but empathetically.

"Unlike Charlie, I was incapable of making friends or thinking about other people and their problems. I was interested in myself, and myself only. For one long moment in that mirror I had seen myself through Charlie's eyes--looked down at myself and saw what I had really become. And I was ashamed."

-Gabrielle Cataldo


 * IQ Scores:**
 * 1960s-** First IQ test classification system:
 * IQ of 0-25 = Idiot
 * IQ of 26-50 = Imbecile
 * IQ of 51-70 = Moron
 * Present-** The IQ classification system of today:
 * IQ below 20 = Profound mental retardation
 * IQ of 20-34 = Severe mental retardation
 * IQ of 35-49 = Moderate mental retardation
 * IQ of 50-69 = Mild mental retardation
 * IQ of 70-84 = Borderline intellectual functioning

Before the 1970s deveoplmentally diabled people were treated almost as criminals. They were institutionalized unnecessarily and sterilized against there will. Unconventional drugs such as hallucinogens and anti-psychotics were used to treat people with autism. Since then it has been discovered that drugs cannot be used to correct the brain structures or impaired nerve connections that are from autism, but some medications can be used to treat some symptoms. In the 1970s a deinstitutionalization movement took place that rapidly change the treatment of the disabled. Very few people are institutionalized for being mentally disabled now.


 * Book Components:**


 * Motifs-** Changes in grammar and spelling from Charlie at the beginning of the story, middle, and end. Also flashbacks of Charlie's past.


 * Symbols-** Algernon is a symbol because he symbolizes Charlie as a subject in an experiment. Also he shows a prediction into Charlie's future.


 * Themes-** Mistreatment of the mentally disabled.

By Sabrina Williams