"Gazing"and"theGazed"of the Subject of Desire in Flowers for Algernon
The science fiction Flowers for Algernonis represented with self-reported diaries from the perspective of the first-person narrative in an extraordinary and eccentric manner.Charlie Gordon,born with severe mental retardation,has internalized gazing power from multiple domains including family and bakery as self desire of becoming intelligent,and the steady enhancement of Charlie's intel-ligent quotient(IQ)with medical intervention at laboratory promotes the awakening of his consciousness under the gaze of medical au-thority.With such consciousness awakening,the subject of desire gains the initiative to realize his identity construction by resorting to counter gaze at medical authority,thus further inspiring people's profound reflections on interactive reciprocal relations between scien-tific advancement and ethical requirement.
Flowers for Algernonmedical interventiongazethe awakening of consciousnessidentity construction
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