Dr.Heidegger's+experiment

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:__

Point of View: Third person

Protagonist: Dr.Heidegger

What type of character is the Protagonist? Round and dynamic

Antagonist: Water from the fountain of youth and Dr.Heidegger himself

Describe the setting: In Dr. Heidegger's study. The atmosphere was spooky and creepy. In the story it suggested that it took place 2 or 3 centuries after Ponce discovered the fountain of youth.

Type of Conflict: man vs. himself

Describe the main conflict: The main conflict was when Dr.Heidegger isn't sure if he should drink from the fountain of youth so he gets people to test it.

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 evolved around the experiment.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?

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

The climax help to 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 on an experiment. Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

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

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Metaphor: The skeleton was a metaphor for how he was keeping a secret.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Personification: "The crushed flower and dried petals stirred, and assumed a deepening tinge of crimson, as id the flower were reviving from a deathlike slumber; the slender stalks and twigs of foliage becoming green....."

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Symbol: <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Dr.H's rose that was given to him by his girlfriend before they were suppose to get married, until she passed away from taking his medicine, symbolizing their love and that he still feels badly about her death and would 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 after becoming young it foreshadowed that the water from the fountain of youth only lasts for a period of time, and indeed Dr.H's friends began to age again.

Irony:

When Dr.H's old friends became young again they made fun of how old Dr.H was and started making fun of old people.

Imagery:

The way that Dr. H'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.

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.H's friends would be able to have power, is if they were young again so they could gain back their power. One of his friends felt very powerful when she turned young again because she felt beautiful and confident in herself.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px;">1) According to Dr. Heidegger, what is the purpose of his experiment? <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> 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.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> 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; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> 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.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> 3) Why would Dr. Heidegger not stoop to bathe his lips in the Fountain of Youth? Do his friends feel the same way? Comment. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> 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.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> 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? <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> 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.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> 5) What does the story have to say about the nature of children and the nature of human beings? <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> 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.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">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 movies? <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">In my opinion people enjoy horror movies because they spice up people's boring lives. It gives them excitement and anticipation. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Completion: 5/5 Effort: 4/5 Content: 4/5 total: 13/15

Question Completion Mark: 4/5

total 17/20