Flowers for Algernon
Progris Report 1 January 6, 2000, Rohan Patwardhan
I was given an inkblod two day. Duh Man give me a card wit an inkbod and he tod me to tell hem what i sea. I sid i no sea nuthin, but he sed be imaginuteve. I sed I sea a purpul unicurn but he sed “Mor Practeece.” I did nut no wat that meens. I wint home desgraced. Suddenlee, the grownd shuk and i fel intwo erth. My lif flushed befure mi is. Then, ther wus nuthing.
10,000 years in the past…………………….
Progris Repot 2 800 B.C.E
I no know whur i am. I fund ink pen on grownd, and a leaf. I rote. Then i nuticed smok. I followed. The tres hit mi. there was houses. I cud heer noyse. I went to dee dur. It flung open. I fell down. When i opuned mi eyes, i say an weapon pointed at my eyes. It was an arrowhead with a stick attached to it. There was a man. He spoke sume stuf that i coodnt understand. I stood up and looked around. People of all ages wur staring at me. One thing I noteeced was that my cloting was the only thing that wus different in all the clothing that they wore. Then, I heard a horn. I looked arund and all the men were hurrying into their homes. Then they came out with the same wepons that I saw urlier. They all went into a line and hurried out of he villege. The grund strted shaking and I saw a heard of deers. The men started runing after them. As they run, they jumped and tacled the deers down. It was scaree. There was blood everewher. Some men stood at a distance and shot with the spear. I ran. I fell. Next thing I knew, everything wus blak.
Progris Reprot 3 800 B.C.E
I woke up in bandijis in a teepe. I saw a wimen, mixng some stuf. It loked like it beer I had with Frank and Joe. The wiman looked at me and came over. She sdqat duwn. Hello she said. What is your name. Charlie Gordon said I. That is mi name.
She said my name is Ashputtle. I got up and looked around. Fur of all kinds uf animals hung frum the walls. The walls wur made uf wooden pillers. Wear did u get all of these fur frum? She said from my husband. And I said where is he. She said out hunting jiant deer. I said woah. She said, where are yooo frum. I said from New York. She didnt understand. I said it is the year 1950. She still looked at me with a blank face. I slowly got up and then I was hit wih reality…. These were nomadic hobos on the move. Then I was faced with another startling fact, Giant deer. there is no such ting. I left the tent and went outsid. Instead of wearing jeans and shirts, these people wore fur that covered only the most essential parts of the body. I remembured back to first grade wen the teecher told duh class the Arcahic time period. She even showed us sum picters and told us to listen to some online lectures. I soo realized that I was in what we call in the modern world, the Piedmont becuase there are lots of animals fund heer. Miss Kinnian also said likewise in the Adult Night School that I go to. I stood there amazed at what had just happened. I had travulled back in time. Unless the kids who make fun of me when i cum from the night school played a trick on me. Or maybe I am at a party with my bewst friends Frank and Joe. Wear could they be.
Progris Report 4
I didnt find Frank or Joe yet. But a man found me. He fund me riting a progris report. He said what is that and I said a progris report. He tried to take it from me but i hit him and he fel in tuh rivur. He gurgled water fur a few secunds and then disappeared. I hope the village dont get mad at me. I hop they don’t find out.
Progris Report 5
The village found me otu. Today. They sid that because I killed Jeff , I would have to pay fur my crimes. I said that I am from New York. I saw a flash of glitter in his eyes. Then as quickly as it came, it went away. He sid that I will have to participarte in the Pit of Doom. I said seriously. He just stared at me with frozen eyes. Not leturaley dough. I said oh youre serius. He leaughed like a maniac, and left with his sidekicks, who wur stading right nect to him and wimpering like sick dogs.
Progris Report 6
Yesterday, when I went to the Pit of Doom, I got lost. I accidentally took a rong tern and went on the path of the Forbidden Village. I wiuld later lern some things that I would not have known at the time. Anyways, for staying in the village, I had to stay with the shaggy old grandpa who is mentally unstable. He eats his floor during the night, and i couldnt sleep at all. However after that exxperience, I think I would rather sleep outside. Otherwise, life is good. I have made a good and i hope lasting friendship with ashputtle but her husband does not approve. He says that I will probably come and steal their meat in the middle of their night, and then finish them off and blame the shaggy old grandpa. I wont do dat. I am a nice guy. To get back to duh topic, as I was walking down the road, I herd a noise coming out of the bushses. Hello, i said. Who is it. Suddenly, a furry hand grabbedd me by the ear and helb a somewhat smelly hand to my mouth. I tries to screem but I nearly choked on the fur. I was taken to sum bushes. Then i was relesed. A somewhat scraggly voice said what is your problem blabbering out loud trying to get us cot. What, i said and looked around. Where r u tiny weird and annoying voice. Im done here peabrain. I looked down and my eyes nearly poppedd out of my hed. I was satring at a talking rodent. Are u a sqwurl? I asked.What, dude that is meen. Im a chipmuunk. Whaat is your name i saiad. Alvin, said the voice, bu then he said stop changing the topic. Im not i said but then i decided to not argue with, dude that is meen im a chipm a talking chipmunk. Why are you so mad at me. I asked. He said, I stole sum of the nuts, roots, fruits, seeds, and berries from the Archaic village down the other path. Thats why i got to go to the pit of doom accoriding to the law of the Turkey. Turkey i asked. Dont ask question. He kicked me. It actually hurt. I am a refugee running away from certain doo,. I am part of the rebels, the Atlatl. We launch oursleves deep into Archaic territory, and propel ourselves with great accuracy and get the food we nedd. Sometimes wh heave to kill. So you know about the scraggly old grandpa then. Lets not get into that story. Okay i said but didnt you just now say the pit of doom. Yeah what about it. Well, the thing is that I hit a guy and he fell into the river and he drowned when he was disturbing me and he was annoying me. So why are you coming down this road. To go to the pit of doom silly i sid. He said, the pit of doom is that way. He pointed the other way. But the sign said did rode wus the Pit of Doom and the other one was the forgottne village. No someone must have changed the sign. I bet its that evil head of the village. Me too siad I. You better get there quickly, you do not want to no what hapens to latecomers. What happens. I asked. I best not talk about it. You see, it gives me head a thumping just thinking about it.
Progris Report 7
I just arrived at the Pit of Doom. The head of the village was already there. He said what took you so long. I said i forgot where to go . He said liar. I siad am not. An then he tappedd one of his sidekicks who came up to me and kicked me really hard in the knee. I yepled in pain. I looked up to glar at the leeder who in my opinion was very roode. He said, criminals of all area of life. He pointed to a section of people huddled together next to each other in the far right cornur of what i would call a stadeum. He then pointed to the other side of the room where a similar group of people stood. He called them liers. He den pointed to another section and called them spies. He then pointed to the next section of the stadium and said not appreciateev. And finally he pointed to the center of the room right next to ware i wus standin. He told them taht they were latecomers. Then he looked at me. Choose. I just stared. Choose, he said. Again i still stared. Fine then we shall choose or you. No i said but it was two late. His assisstans took me by the arms and draged me tooo the center of tuh roooom. The head of the village then pointed at me and said with a disgusted tone in his voice. Latecomer. He then went to the commentators pit and stood behind the commentators as they shouted.
Citizens of the Archaic.
Welcome! Welcome! Happy Pit of Doom and may the Odds Be Never in your Favour!
Now,Before we Begin ,We have a special message brought to you all the way from the Boss.
:Idioticness. That is what you all are acting like. You may not like to fight ot the death, but at least it has one benefit. The population goes down a little allowing for a new generation to rise and take your place as miscreants and misfits in society.
I just Love That! said the first commentator.
*Three Fiinger Salute* by the stands. The stands only has one viewer. A turkey.
Well Go On. Come onto your stands.
We all walked over to the plats that stood around the perimethur of the room.
The commentator continued:
Here We are,Our *cough,cough*Tributes from the Early Archaic.
Progris Report 8
60,59,58,57,56,55,54,53,52,51,50, duh cowntdown started. It kept on going while I figured out a technique as to which I would survive. I heard the Boss go onto the stage and start to speak. When you are realeasedd from your sealing bonds, 39,38,37, you will have all of this area and the next 30 acres to fight. The ends of the perimeter up to which you can fight has been marked with Red X’x. 24,23,22,21,20,19, You will each find stone tools, foods, and other supplies available in the territory ware yoo are. If one of you finds a suitable food source , you will be taken out of the Pit of Doom and not fight against fellow humans to the death bed. There shall be 40 survivors out of the 50 of you miscreans, 5,4,3, and you will have too hunt for yore own food. Any food that you find will be for yoo unless it is worth more than half of your body scale. Clay pots are given to measure yourselves. Any questions? Just den, the buzzur rang. We all went off and strolledd across too the supplies. Put your butt into it shouted the boss. Or I will make the qualifying round to not 40, but 39.989012347952. That was the ulteematum. We all ran fur owr lifes. There were cay potterery containing all the neccesaery metereals two surviv. Thre was an altlat(atlatl), whatever its called. I then went away from the croud. I went to the trees and staretd to clim. I reached halfway before I saw something flie befure my eyes. I say a screem and a thud. I didnt look duwn but I knew that sumones wouldnt be eating dinnur tonit. I cuntinued up duh tree. I stoped at duh top. I lookd down. Just den i realizd that i need a stratugee.
Progris Report 9
I figureed eat out. I no my stratugee. I no wut i will do.
First, I will find a good food sorce.
Then, I weel a trap and capture sum birds and maybe sum deer and a black bare and white taled deer. I will also fund a good food surce so i will be takun owt of this killing game. But first i need to bild a teem.
Progris Report 10
There are 42 people left. 8 huv dide. I huv ulso made a teem. I huv also fund a food for me to eat. I trapped a wild deer yesturday. One of the guys came to ask for sum food but he fell to the ground and stayed there for a long time. Maybe he is just takeng a really long nap. I took out a spear frum his back and examined it. It was the same type that I had used to kill the white tailed deer that wandered into our area the other day. However, I couldn’t find a suitable food source twice my wight, so I guess I am stuk here in this “arena” for a little while longer.
Progress Report 11
It has been 3 weeks since the games started. This one guy found a suitable food source, so he was able to get out this round. Now there are only 41 guys left-------------------SCREAM----------------------Never mind. This round has finished. Hooray!
Progris Report 12
We 40 survivors have been taken out of the games. We are finished.
A few days after, I met the squirrel. I think survival has made me smarter, because I was forced to act under pressure and that exerted a lot of force upon my brain leading me to spell correctly. Anyways, the squirrel------- IT’S A CHIPMUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry that was the chipmunk, shlash squirrel…, Excues me young man!-------------- has told me that the boss is angry and that he is determined to finished the squirrel. The squirrel says that he will have to run and he will have to hide and if I am up to the challenge. Out of the corner of my eye, I see the chipmunk smile and extend his hand. I take hold of Alvin’s hand tightly, preparing for the moment when I will finally have to let go.
The End!!!
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Mason Kim
Quote on Adversity:
“There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time" - Malcolm X
Adversity means difficulties or hardships. Charlie has quite many of them. He was born with a severe brain disorder that caused him to have a lower intelligence than normal. He had a difficult life, people gave him strange looks and he was always alone and depressed. Besides peer adversities, Charlie had to deal with self-adversities thinking “Why me? Why not anybody else?”.
The American Indians also faced misfortunes. They always needed to find food and survive severe weather. Since many prehistoric Indians lived during the Ice Age, limited vision by thick snow and freezing temperature made it tough for them to find food. Even though some Indians didn't live during the Ice Age, life was tough. Wars and famines were a major ordeal. Also, diseases could infect entire tribes or wipe out all the crops. The Aztecs and Mayans were great civilizations that were brought down by European diseases. During the historic periods, tribes were constantly forced off their land by Americans.
Sometimes adversity is very tough to handle, but there are ways to get around it. When crops were spoiled, the Indians didn't just sit there complaining about why the crops were spoiled. They tried new ways of getting food and invented new techniques to make more harvest. Also, Charlie tried hard to overcome his adversities, repeated losses to Algernon and intellectual disability, by following doctors' order. Eventually, he became a genius! The quote means that an adversity can be tough at first but it can be a chance to improve your performance in the future.
Bibliography:
"Geographic Regions of Georgia: Overview." New Georgia Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Aug. 2014.
"Adversity Quotes." BrainyQuote. Xplore, n.d. Web. 22 Aug. 2014.
Clovis, Palmer, Big Sandy, and Kirk Corner Notched. A Glance at Georgia’s Prehistory (n.d.) n.pag. Web.
"Photo Editor Online / Free Image Editing Direct in Your Browser - Pixlr.com." Photo Editor Online / Free Image Editing Direct in Your Browser - Pixlr.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Sept. 2014.
"Weebly Is the Easiest Way to Create a Website, Store or Blog."Weebly.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Sept. 2014.
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Georgia Geography- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/geographic-regions-georgia-overview
Prehistoric People- http://www.dot.ga.gov/Projects/programs/environment/resources/education/Documents/Is%20There%20A%20Site%20Here/A%20Glance%20at%20Georgias%20Prehistory.pdf
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Charlie would live in the Piedmont Region of Georgia. He would survive, by hunting game, and collecting/gathering food, and he would live with a tribe.
I was given an inkblod two day. Duh Man give me a card wit an inkbod and he tod me to tell hem what i sea. I sid i no sea nuthin, but he sed be imaginuteve. I sed I sea a purpul unicurn but he sed “Mor Practeece.” I did nut no wat that meens. I wint home desgraced. Suddenlee, the grownd shuk and i fel intwo erth. My lif flushed befure mi is. Then, ther wus nuthing.
10,000 years in the past…………………….
Progris Repot 2 800 B.C.E
I no know whur i am. I fund ink pen on grownd, and a leaf. I rote. Then i nuticed smok. I followed. The tres hit mi. there was houses. I cud heer noyse. I went to dee dur. It flung open. I fell down. When i opuned mi eyes, i say an weapon pointed at my eyes. It was an arrowhead with a stick attached to it. There was a man. He spoke sume stuf that i coodnt understand. I stood up and looked around. People of all ages wur staring at me. One thing I noteeced was that my cloting was the only thing that wus different in all the clothing that they wore. Then, I heard a horn. I looked arund and all the men were hurrying into their homes. Then they came out with the same wepons that I saw urlier. They all went into a line and hurried out of he villege. The grund strted shaking and I saw a heard of deers. The men started runing after them. As they run, they jumped and tacled the deers down. It was scaree. There was blood everewher. Some men stood at a distance and shot with the spear. I ran. I fell. Next thing I knew, everything wus blak.
Progris Reprot 3 800 B.C.E
I woke up in bandijis in a teepe. I saw a wimen, mixng some stuf. It loked like it beer I had with Frank and Joe. The wiman looked at me and came over. She sdqat duwn. Hello she said. What is your name. Charlie Gordon said I. That is mi name.
She said my name is Ashputtle. I got up and looked around. Fur of all kinds uf animals hung frum the walls. The walls wur made uf wooden pillers. Wear did u get all of these fur frum? She said from my husband. And I said where is he. She said out hunting jiant deer. I said woah. She said, where are yooo frum. I said from New York. She didnt understand. I said it is the year 1950. She still looked at me with a blank face. I slowly got up and then I was hit wih reality…. These were nomadic hobos on the move. Then I was faced with another startling fact, Giant deer. there is no such ting. I left the tent and went outsid. Instead of wearing jeans and shirts, these people wore fur that covered only the most essential parts of the body. I remembured back to first grade wen the teecher told duh class the Arcahic time period. She even showed us sum picters and told us to listen to some online lectures. I soo realized that I was in what we call in the modern world, the Piedmont becuase there are lots of animals fund heer. Miss Kinnian also said likewise in the Adult Night School that I go to. I stood there amazed at what had just happened. I had travulled back in time. Unless the kids who make fun of me when i cum from the night school played a trick on me. Or maybe I am at a party with my bewst friends Frank and Joe. Wear could they be.
Progris Report 4
I didnt find Frank or Joe yet. But a man found me. He fund me riting a progris report. He said what is that and I said a progris report. He tried to take it from me but i hit him and he fel in tuh rivur. He gurgled water fur a few secunds and then disappeared. I hope the village dont get mad at me. I hop they don’t find out.
Progris Report 5
The village found me otu. Today. They sid that because I killed Jeff , I would have to pay fur my crimes. I said that I am from New York. I saw a flash of glitter in his eyes. Then as quickly as it came, it went away. He sid that I will have to participarte in the Pit of Doom. I said seriously. He just stared at me with frozen eyes. Not leturaley dough. I said oh youre serius. He leaughed like a maniac, and left with his sidekicks, who wur stading right nect to him and wimpering like sick dogs.
Progris Report 6
Yesterday, when I went to the Pit of Doom, I got lost. I accidentally took a rong tern and went on the path of the Forbidden Village. I wiuld later lern some things that I would not have known at the time. Anyways, for staying in the village, I had to stay with the shaggy old grandpa who is mentally unstable. He eats his floor during the night, and i couldnt sleep at all. However after that exxperience, I think I would rather sleep outside. Otherwise, life is good. I have made a good and i hope lasting friendship with ashputtle but her husband does not approve. He says that I will probably come and steal their meat in the middle of their night, and then finish them off and blame the shaggy old grandpa. I wont do dat. I am a nice guy. To get back to duh topic, as I was walking down the road, I herd a noise coming out of the bushses. Hello, i said. Who is it. Suddenly, a furry hand grabbedd me by the ear and helb a somewhat smelly hand to my mouth. I tries to screem but I nearly choked on the fur. I was taken to sum bushes. Then i was relesed. A somewhat scraggly voice said what is your problem blabbering out loud trying to get us cot. What, i said and looked around. Where r u tiny weird and annoying voice. Im done here peabrain. I looked down and my eyes nearly poppedd out of my hed. I was satring at a talking rodent. Are u a sqwurl? I asked.What, dude that is meen. Im a chipmuunk. Whaat is your name i saiad. Alvin, said the voice, bu then he said stop changing the topic. Im not i said but then i decided to not argue with, dude that is meen im a chipm a talking chipmunk. Why are you so mad at me. I asked. He said, I stole sum of the nuts, roots, fruits, seeds, and berries from the Archaic village down the other path. Thats why i got to go to the pit of doom accoriding to the law of the Turkey. Turkey i asked. Dont ask question. He kicked me. It actually hurt. I am a refugee running away from certain doo,. I am part of the rebels, the Atlatl. We launch oursleves deep into Archaic territory, and propel ourselves with great accuracy and get the food we nedd. Sometimes wh heave to kill. So you know about the scraggly old grandpa then. Lets not get into that story. Okay i said but didnt you just now say the pit of doom. Yeah what about it. Well, the thing is that I hit a guy and he fell into the river and he drowned when he was disturbing me and he was annoying me. So why are you coming down this road. To go to the pit of doom silly i sid. He said, the pit of doom is that way. He pointed the other way. But the sign said did rode wus the Pit of Doom and the other one was the forgottne village. No someone must have changed the sign. I bet its that evil head of the village. Me too siad I. You better get there quickly, you do not want to no what hapens to latecomers. What happens. I asked. I best not talk about it. You see, it gives me head a thumping just thinking about it.
Progris Report 7
I just arrived at the Pit of Doom. The head of the village was already there. He said what took you so long. I said i forgot where to go . He said liar. I siad am not. An then he tappedd one of his sidekicks who came up to me and kicked me really hard in the knee. I yepled in pain. I looked up to glar at the leeder who in my opinion was very roode. He said, criminals of all area of life. He pointed to a section of people huddled together next to each other in the far right cornur of what i would call a stadeum. He then pointed to the other side of the room where a similar group of people stood. He called them liers. He den pointed to another section and called them spies. He then pointed to the next section of the stadium and said not appreciateev. And finally he pointed to the center of the room right next to ware i wus standin. He told them taht they were latecomers. Then he looked at me. Choose. I just stared. Choose, he said. Again i still stared. Fine then we shall choose or you. No i said but it was two late. His assisstans took me by the arms and draged me tooo the center of tuh roooom. The head of the village then pointed at me and said with a disgusted tone in his voice. Latecomer. He then went to the commentators pit and stood behind the commentators as they shouted.
Citizens of the Archaic.
Welcome! Welcome! Happy Pit of Doom and may the Odds Be Never in your Favour!
Now,Before we Begin ,We have a special message brought to you all the way from the Boss.
:Idioticness. That is what you all are acting like. You may not like to fight ot the death, but at least it has one benefit. The population goes down a little allowing for a new generation to rise and take your place as miscreants and misfits in society.
I just Love That! said the first commentator.
*Three Fiinger Salute* by the stands. The stands only has one viewer. A turkey.
Well Go On. Come onto your stands.
We all walked over to the plats that stood around the perimethur of the room.
The commentator continued:
Here We are,Our *cough,cough*Tributes from the Early Archaic.
Progris Report 8
60,59,58,57,56,55,54,53,52,51,50, duh cowntdown started. It kept on going while I figured out a technique as to which I would survive. I heard the Boss go onto the stage and start to speak. When you are realeasedd from your sealing bonds, 39,38,37, you will have all of this area and the next 30 acres to fight. The ends of the perimeter up to which you can fight has been marked with Red X’x. 24,23,22,21,20,19, You will each find stone tools, foods, and other supplies available in the territory ware yoo are. If one of you finds a suitable food source , you will be taken out of the Pit of Doom and not fight against fellow humans to the death bed. There shall be 40 survivors out of the 50 of you miscreans, 5,4,3, and you will have too hunt for yore own food. Any food that you find will be for yoo unless it is worth more than half of your body scale. Clay pots are given to measure yourselves. Any questions? Just den, the buzzur rang. We all went off and strolledd across too the supplies. Put your butt into it shouted the boss. Or I will make the qualifying round to not 40, but 39.989012347952. That was the ulteematum. We all ran fur owr lifes. There were cay potterery containing all the neccesaery metereals two surviv. Thre was an altlat(atlatl), whatever its called. I then went away from the croud. I went to the trees and staretd to clim. I reached halfway before I saw something flie befure my eyes. I say a screem and a thud. I didnt look duwn but I knew that sumones wouldnt be eating dinnur tonit. I cuntinued up duh tree. I stoped at duh top. I lookd down. Just den i realizd that i need a stratugee.
Progris Report 9
I figureed eat out. I no my stratugee. I no wut i will do.
First, I will find a good food sorce.
Then, I weel a trap and capture sum birds and maybe sum deer and a black bare and white taled deer. I will also fund a good food surce so i will be takun owt of this killing game. But first i need to bild a teem.
Progris Report 10
There are 42 people left. 8 huv dide. I huv ulso made a teem. I huv also fund a food for me to eat. I trapped a wild deer yesturday. One of the guys came to ask for sum food but he fell to the ground and stayed there for a long time. Maybe he is just takeng a really long nap. I took out a spear frum his back and examined it. It was the same type that I had used to kill the white tailed deer that wandered into our area the other day. However, I couldn’t find a suitable food source twice my wight, so I guess I am stuk here in this “arena” for a little while longer.
Progress Report 11
It has been 3 weeks since the games started. This one guy found a suitable food source, so he was able to get out this round. Now there are only 41 guys left-------------------SCREAM----------------------Never mind. This round has finished. Hooray!
Progris Report 12
We 40 survivors have been taken out of the games. We are finished.
A few days after, I met the squirrel. I think survival has made me smarter, because I was forced to act under pressure and that exerted a lot of force upon my brain leading me to spell correctly. Anyways, the squirrel------- IT’S A CHIPMUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry that was the chipmunk, shlash squirrel…, Excues me young man!-------------- has told me that the boss is angry and that he is determined to finished the squirrel. The squirrel says that he will have to run and he will have to hide and if I am up to the challenge. Out of the corner of my eye, I see the chipmunk smile and extend his hand. I take hold of Alvin’s hand tightly, preparing for the moment when I will finally have to let go.
The End!!!
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Mason Kim
Quote on Adversity:
“There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time" - Malcolm X
Adversity means difficulties or hardships. Charlie has quite many of them. He was born with a severe brain disorder that caused him to have a lower intelligence than normal. He had a difficult life, people gave him strange looks and he was always alone and depressed. Besides peer adversities, Charlie had to deal with self-adversities thinking “Why me? Why not anybody else?”.
The American Indians also faced misfortunes. They always needed to find food and survive severe weather. Since many prehistoric Indians lived during the Ice Age, limited vision by thick snow and freezing temperature made it tough for them to find food. Even though some Indians didn't live during the Ice Age, life was tough. Wars and famines were a major ordeal. Also, diseases could infect entire tribes or wipe out all the crops. The Aztecs and Mayans were great civilizations that were brought down by European diseases. During the historic periods, tribes were constantly forced off their land by Americans.
Sometimes adversity is very tough to handle, but there are ways to get around it. When crops were spoiled, the Indians didn't just sit there complaining about why the crops were spoiled. They tried new ways of getting food and invented new techniques to make more harvest. Also, Charlie tried hard to overcome his adversities, repeated losses to Algernon and intellectual disability, by following doctors' order. Eventually, he became a genius! The quote means that an adversity can be tough at first but it can be a chance to improve your performance in the future.
Bibliography:
"Geographic Regions of Georgia: Overview." New Georgia Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Aug. 2014.
"Adversity Quotes." BrainyQuote. Xplore, n.d. Web. 22 Aug. 2014.
Clovis, Palmer, Big Sandy, and Kirk Corner Notched. A Glance at Georgia’s Prehistory (n.d.) n.pag. Web.
"Photo Editor Online / Free Image Editing Direct in Your Browser - Pixlr.com." Photo Editor Online / Free Image Editing Direct in Your Browser - Pixlr.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Sept. 2014.
"Weebly Is the Easiest Way to Create a Website, Store or Blog."Weebly.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Sept. 2014.
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Parker Neithercut
Articles:
Georgia Geography- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/geographic-regions-georgia-overview
Prehistoric People- http://www.dot.ga.gov/Projects/programs/environment/resources/education/Documents/Is%20There%20A%20Site%20Here/A%20Glance%20at%20Georgias%20Prehistory.pdf
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Charlie would live in the Piedmont Region of Georgia. He would survive, by hunting game, and collecting/gathering food, and he would live with a tribe.
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