Dr.+Heidegger's+Experiment

Justin and Daniel.

= Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: Dr.Heideggers's experiment =

===** Point of View: ** === Third person limited omniscient

===** Protagonist: ** === Dr.Heidegger

===** What type of character is the Protagonist? ** === Round and Dynamic

===** Antagonist: ** === The water from the Fountain of Youth.

===** Describe the setting: ** === Very creepy, early 1900's, melancholy.

===** Type of Conflict: ** === Man vs. Supernatural

===** Describe the main conflict: ** === The fight between the four old people and the magical powers of the Fountain of Youth

===** Describe the Climax of the Story: ** === When the four old people start turning back into their rightful age and realize the magical powers of the Fountain of Youth are not forever lasting.

===** How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? ** === He learns how drinking from the Fountain of Youth is not a good idea because all four people in his experiment all make the same mistakes that they once made in the past.

===** Describe the relationship between the title and the theme: ** === Dr. Heidegger does and experiment and in the story he does exactly that. The theme in the story being that having the ability to to turn back the clock of life is not always a good thing.

===** How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? ** === The main conflict is the four people destroying themselves by taking by their youth back while still making the same mistakes they did before. This helps illustrate the theme because Dr. Heidegger finds out that drinking from the Fountain of Youth is not a good idea.

===** How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? ** === By the end of Climax all in the story all involved come to the realization that you will make the same mistakes when you experience the magical affects of the Fountain of Youth.

==** Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): ** ==

===** Simile: ** === ""

===** Metaphor: ** === "They were all melancholy old creatures" - pg. 157

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Personification: ** === "...the young lady had taken a step..." - pg. 160

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Symbol: ** === The rose is a symbol in the story because it symbolizes the story of Dr. Heidegger's life and previous mistakes he has made that he wishes he could forget.

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Foreshadowing (give both elements): ** === "Before you drink, my respectable old friends...draw up a few general rules for your guidance, should you pass again the perils of your youth." - pg. 162 "But they were young: their burning passions proved them so. Inflamed to madness..." - pg. 166

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Irony: ** === It is quite ironic how they all repeat their old mistakes when they begin experiencing the magical effects of the Fountain of Youth.

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Imagery: ** === "It was apparently impregnated with an effervescent gas, for little bubbles were continually ascending from the depths of the glasses" - pg. 162

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. ** ==

The class theme is choices. In the story the four drinkers of the water chose to drink the water, resulting in them acting as they did in their past.

1. According to Dr. Heidegger, what is the purpose of his experiment? Dr. Heidegger said his experiment was to test the fountains water, and it's effect on humans.

2. What do Dr. Heidegger's frieds have in common? How does each of them behave during the experiment? Dr. Heidegger's freinds all are old and regretful of their old life. In the experiment they act as they did when they were younger.

3. Why would Dr. Heidegger not stoop to bathe his lips in the fountain of youth? Do his friends feel the same way? Comment. Dr. Heiddeger knows that to drink from the fountain was to repeat the same mistakes of his youth. His freinds did not feel the same way. I think that Dr. Heiddeger is right.

4. Who is the narrator of the story? Though he is not a participant in the experiment, the narrator relates all the details. how does he know what happened to the doctor and his friends? How certain of his facts is the narrator? The narrator of the story is the author. He knows what happens because he is limited omniscient towards this story. The narrator is dead-sure of his facts.

5. What points are made about youth and aging in the story? Do you agree with the views in the story? Comment. In this story, youth is noted to be less wise then the aged. I do not necessarily agree with the story, as youths can be mor eintelligent than the old.

7. Some scientists hope to develop a vaccine against aging. They speculate that human beings could then live approximately 800 years. Do you feel this desirable? Explain. I do not feel this desirable because it would be miserable living in such a state for 700 years of my life. If I aged much slower, say, I appeared to 20 where I was actually 80, I might find it desirable. Even though I may find it desirable, It would be devastating on the planet. The world would become over-populated and in the end the human race would become extinct.

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