Dr.+Heidegger's+Experiment

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: Dr. Heidegger's Experiment Point of View:

Protagonist: Dr. Heidegger

What type of character is the Protagonist? Round and dynamic.

Antagonist: Water from the fountain of youth.

Describe the setting: Dr. Heidegger's study, the mood is spooky and creepy, this story took place about two or three centuries after Ponce discovered the fountain of youth.

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Himself

Describe the main conflict: The main conflict of the story is Dr. Heidegger isn't sure if he should drink from the fountain of youth, so he gets people to test it for him.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when his four friends became young again, and wanted more water.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? Over the course of the story, Dr. Heidegger comes to the conclusion that he will not drink from the fountain of youth.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The title and the theme relate because the title shows that this story has an experiment in it, which it did and the theme revolved around the experiment.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict illustrates the theme because he was debating if he should drink from the fountain of youth or not, so he held an experiment to help him decide.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The climax helps illustrate the theme because, his friends became young again, which was the whole point of the story. The title of the story shows that the story is going to be about an experiment.

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

Simile: "Have been kept as fresh as violets by the virtues of this wonderful water."

Metaphor: The skeleton in his closet is a metaphor for how he is keeping a secret, and he has something to hide.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Personification: "The crushed and dried petals stirred, and assumed a deepening tinge of crimson, as if the flower were reviving from a deathlike slumber; the slender stalk and twigs of foliage became green; and there was the rose of half a century, looking as fresh as when Sylvia Ward has first given it to her lover.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Symbol: Dr. Heidegger's rose that was given to him by girlfriend before they were supposed to get married, until she passes away from taking his medicine, symbolizes their love and that he still feels badly about her death and will never forget her.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): When the flower began to age again, it foreshadowed that the water from the fountain of youth only lasts for a period of time.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Irony: When Dr. Heidegger's friends became young again and started making fun of old people, and Dr. Heidegger.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Imagery: The way that Dr. Heidegger's study is described gives me a really good idea of what it would look like. It got my imagination running and painted images in my head of his study.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.

Our class theme is power, and the story was about becoming young again and trying to gain back happiness. Our theme relates to the story because in order to have power, you need to be happy and enthusiastic with your life. The only way that Dr. Heidegger's friends would be able to have power, is if they were young again so they could gain back their power. One of his friend's felt very powerful when she turned young again because she felt beautiful and confident in herself.

1) According to Dr. Heidegger, what is the purpose of his experiment? According to Dr. Heidegger the purpose of his experiment was to make his friends young again and test the water of the fountain of youth.

2) What do Dr. Heidegger's friends have in common? How does each of them behave during the experiment? <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">All of Dr. Heidegger's friends are old and miserable and they hate being old and wish to relive their lives better. During the experiment they kept wanting to get younger, and younger, they even started mocking old people.

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. Heidegger would not bathe his lips in the Fountain of Youth because he thinks that it is a waste to be young just for a moment, and would make life too complicated and miserable if he went from young to old in short periods of time. His friends do not feel the same way because they decide to head out to Florida and get more water from the Fountain of Youth. I think that if I were one of them, I would just live life how we are supposed to, I would not mind aging.

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 a random person, he knows what happened to the doctor and his friends because I think he is telling the story after is happened, not during. The narrator is very certain of his facts and knows everything that happened in the story.

5) What does the story have to say about the nature of children and the nature of human beings? The story says that the younger you are, the better life is. All humans wish to be forever young they just don't realize the consequences that come with it.

7) Over the last decade, some violent horror stories have been popular in the movies. Why, in your view, do so many people enjoy horror stories? This is an easy question for me to answer because horror is my favourite genre of book or movie. So many people enjoy horror stories because they keep you wanting more, and waiting for what is about to happen next. During a horror movie you're always alert and paying attention and rarely bored, they are exciting and fun to watch with a group of friends.

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<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> total 18/20