Three+Legged+Racer

Three Legged Racers

** Is intelligence everything? ** **The Normal Charlie Gordon** Before Charlie Gordon under went the operation that had changed his life, he was low in intelligence. When he worked at the Bakery, he thought all of his co-workers were his friends. Every day, something new always happend. Whether it was pulling pranks on him or simply saying, "You just pulled a Charlie Gordon," he believed they laughed at him because they liked him. Charlie would do anything to make his "friends" feel entertained. For this reason, he would feel the acceptance of being normal.

The intelligent Charlie
 Charlie turned into an egocentric person when he reached the peak of his intelligence. He became very self seeking in himself and the experiment alone. Even though a genious, he never understood people and he lacked the ability to show true affection. For example, Charlie was frustrated when he came to the conclusion that the professors made a mistake in the experiment. He ran away to escape for himself, never once thinking what this would do to the professors reputation. How humiliated it would make them and the guilt they may feel. Not only would they be hurt by Charlie running away, but they would feel extremely guilty in the findings that the experiment failed.

Charlie knew that it would be great if the experiment was a success and then he could be knowledgeable. However, he never really understood what a miracle it would be. He did not think too much about all of the other people and their families and how grateful they would be. He only thought of them once he thought of himself being put into the Warren house if the experiment failed. Charlie was intelluctually talented, but he was the equivalent to a computer...  ==‍ = ==