Dr.Heideggers's+Experiment

By: Jerry Kim and Eric Pollard

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

Point of View: 3rd person

Protagonist:Dr.Heidegger's

What type of character is the Protagonist? Round and Dynamic

Antagonist: Himself

Describe the setting: In side the study of Dr.Heidegger's

Between 1735-1835

Atmosphere is dark and like frankensteins laboratory

Type of Conflict: Man vs Himself

Describe the main conflict: The main conlfict is Dr. Heideggers deciding with himself whether or not he will drink from the foutain of life.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when Sylvia's rose starts fading again and when his guests turn back old.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He starts off wanting to drink from the fountain of youth but then at the end,even if the fountain gushed at his very own doorstep he would not drink from it.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. - The title is Dr. Heidegger's experiment and the title I think is not about a scientific experiment but more of a phycological one and the theme is living so together it shows that it was a phycological experiment showing if you were younger instantly if you would act your real age.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict is whether of not Dr. Heidegger is going to drink a bit of potion be he sees how all his acquaintances act and sees not to drink the water

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? - Right when the group starts to turn old showing how youth is not eternal and you can only be young for so long

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

Simile: " a small round table, as black as ebony"

Metaphor: How Dr Heidegger uses a rose his love gave him to demonstrate the water ie. Showing how his love for his bride to be will always be there but cannot be brought back with the water

Personification: " The crushed and dry petals stirred"

Symbol: The rose he has is a symbol for Dr. Heidegger's love for is bride to be and how the rose is old and cannot be brought back to full but will always be cherished and remain in good condition in the book.

Foreshadowing (give both elements): When the Slyvia's rose starts to fade it foreshadowes the same will happen to the guests.

Irony: How the guests who thought they were young were making fun of Dr.Heidegger's for being old when really they themselves were actually old aslo.

Imagery: "It was a dim, old fashioned chamber, festooned with cobwebs and besprinkled with antique dust."

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The relationship between the class theme and the story are how the power of greed over took the mind of the guests when they heard that they could be young again. How the power of belief tricked the guests that they were young because they felt and truly believed that they were once again young. Also it shows that how a simple drink can be tricked in to thinking that it is a powerful drink of some sort.

1. According to Dr. Heidegger, what is the purpose of his experiment? - There is no clear stated purpose accept that he needs there help in testing "an exceedingly curious experiment" when I believe it is really a phycological experiment

2. What do Dr.Heidegger's friends have in common? How does each of them behave during the Experiment? All of Dr.Heidegger's friends were once powerful figues in the past but now they are all old and bit of a failure and wished that death had come early. During the experiment they behaved like a little child wanting more and more candy.

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 drink from it because it does not last a life time just a moment. No his friends are all desperate for the fountain of youth and wish to make a pilgrimage for it.

4.Who is the narrator of the story? Though he is no a participant in the experiment, the narrator relates all the details. How does he know what happended to the doctor and his friends? How certain of his facts is the narrator? - The narrator could be the maid who may have overheard the experiment and who also said that some details might be exaggerated,

5. What points are made about youth and aging in the story? Do you agree with the views in the story?Comment - The story shows how you only act your age and that if you were returned to your twenties you would act like your twenty. I do agree with the story because if you could go back 20 years you would act different and with less maturity then if you were 50.

7. Some scientists hope to develop a vaccine agaisnt aging. They speculate that human beings could then live apporimately 800 years. Do you feel this is desirable? Explain your answer. No because if people lived for that long all the natural resources would be gone and our planet would be overpopulated. After a couple hundreds of years we would have experinced almost everything there is to experinece so there would be billions of people sitting around doing nothing so no i feel this is not desirable.

Completion: 5/5 Effort: 3.5/5 Content: 3.5/5 total: 12/15

Question Completion Mark: 4/5

total 16/20