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Dr. Heidegger's Experiment:" Story Analysis

 

Nathaniel Hawthorne: (1804-1864)

He was a American writer was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804 he was very important writer in the American literature. He is known for he´s short stories The Marble Faun (1860), The House of the Seven Gables (1851), My Kinsman, Major Molineux" (1832),
The Blithedale Romance (1852),he was known for being a romantic writer because he wrote during the romantic movement in europe.

SUMARY OF THE STORY:

There was a DR named Heidegger he was willing to help people or his friends by a experiment, so he decided to invite four of his friends they were old people and have lived bad moments in their life by their mistakes. So then after that the doctor show his friends a flower a rose then he  added water to the floor and these started to bloom because of the water of youth so he ask them to drink these water but with the condition that they must not do the same errors they have done in the past but they didn´t pay him attention to him. And they have a fight and spill the water on the floor and became old persons again.

Story's plot: conflict, rising action, climax, and resolution:

Conflict:

 The friends in the lab what to be youth again but they were selfish because they wanted to take control of the fountain of youth and have eternal life.

Rising action:

The DR calls the people that are going to be part of the experiment.

 The friends first appear to the doctor house.

He shows them the rose and then pours some the water on it and these starts to bloom.

The doctor talk to them about the fountain and also the mistakes in the past that they did that they should not repeat what they did

CLIMAX:

The people drink the water and they start to fight and they lose control of their mind and actions

RESOLUTION:

The water is spilled by the bad actions (fight) of the young people but as soon as that happen they saw that the rose started to get old, so the same happened to them, they got o

Characters                             Description

Dr.heidegger	He was weird strange he was doing an experiment in his lab with a special water of the youth.
Widow Wycherly	She was a good looking woman in the past probably the most beautiful of the town but not anymore because she is old.
Coronel Killigrew	He used to be a healthy soldier but not anymore because he drinks a lot and eats a lot now is in bad shape and has alcoholic problems
Melbourne	He was a rich, but not good in business so he lost all his money and now he has a life of a homeless asking for money
Gascon	He used to be a very successful white neck thief but the authorities caught him so he went to jail and now he is poor.

Moral or teaching of the story:

This story is really a good story, because it can show us that we are imperfect humans but we can improve or learn from the mistakes of the past. We can see back in our lives and try to not do the same things we used to be doing. And also it thought me that a selfish action or greedy can lead to problems like in the case of the friends they spill the water and became old again. So sometimes it is not just me is also the people around me because everybody needs everybody.

Did you like the story?

Yes I think this story is one of the stories I’ll never forget because it shows me that from the mistakes of the past we can improve and try to not fall down again. in conclusion I really enjoyed reading this story because  it was a story that can help any person in the way we apply things for live.