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Evaluate the character’s decisions: |
What is the action the character takes?
(Text based) | What were the consequences?
(Text based and/or inferred information) | Why did the character
act in this way? (Text based and/or inferred information) | What flaws were there in the character’s thinking?
Support your answer. | What logical reasons support the choices made?
Support your answer. | Do you agree or disagree with the characters reasoning?
Support your answer. | Does the character’s treatment of the other characters seem fair?
Why or why not? |
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Dr. Nemur and Strauss operate on Charlie Gordon to increase his intelligence Drs. Strauss and Nemur: Operated on a mentally handicapped adult to prove that intelligence cam be increased |
Charlie’s intelligence is tripled, but then he returns to an IQ of around 68 Charlie becomes smart and the doctors gain some degree of fame |
He has always wanted to be smart. He believed life would be perfect if he was smart. Ø They were looking to help humanity Ø They hoped to become famous | Ø He discovers that people are not the friends he thought they were Ø He doesn’t know if the operation will work Ø He doesn’t know if the operation’s result will be permanent Ø He does not know how this operation will torture him Ø They did not fully think through the ethics of the situation Ø They hurt Charlie to help themselves |
Ø Intelligence will open many doors for him Ø Charlie will “fit in” They need to experiment on humans to see if the operation can work | Opinion:
I agree/disagree… Agree Evidence: Ø Charlie helps to advance science “disproving a hypothesis is…valuable: Ø He learns that people are making fun of him Disagree Evidence: Ø His life is torn apart Ø He is lonelier in the end than in the beginning Agree Evidence: Charlie did get smart; he enjoyed the feeling. He said he liked being smart Disagree Evidence: They crushed Charlie | Judgment:
Yes, it’s fair/ No, it’s not fair… Fair Evidence: Throughout the story, Charlie is always trying to be himself Not fair Evidence: The doctors were more interested in fame than in genuinely helping Charlie Fair: Evidence: They did make Charlie smart |
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What is the action the character takes?
(Text based) | What were the consequences?
(Text based and/or inferred information) | Why did the character
act in this way? (Text based and/or inferred information) | What flaws were there in the character’s thinking?
Support your answer. | What logical reasons support the choices made?
Support your answer. | Do you agree or disagree with the characters reasoning?
Support your answer. | Does the character’s treatment of the other characters seem fair?
Why or why not? |
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| Think about how your choices will affect you and others |
| It is important to value people’s lives over personal gain |
| As the doctor I would not operate on a human until I was sure it would work. As Charlie, I’m not sure, but I don not think I would subject myself to that kind of physical or mental pain. |