Dr.+Heidegger

= Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:Dr.Heidegger = = = = Point of View: First person limited omniscient = = = = Protagonist: Dr. Heidegger = = What type of character is the Protagonist? = =He is a round and dynamic character= = Antagonist:curiosity, aging effect = = = = Describe the setting: the story takes place in the Dr.'s study, there is a miror, a vase of water of the fountain of youth and numerous other intersting objects such as a skeleton. = = = = Type of Conflict: Man Vs. Self and Man Vs. Environment = = = = Describe the main conflict: the doctor conducts his experiment on his 4 subjects to see whether they will make the same mistakes and have the same defaults. = = = = Describe the Climax of the Story: the doctor learn his lesson from the four subjects and he makes his statement that he would rather not drink from the fountain. = = = = How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? Dr. Heidegger learned a lot from his experiment and he is no longer curious about what the mysterious water has to offer to humanity, before he was wondering what it could do and he is no longer so. = = = = Describe the relationship between the title and the theme: An experiment is conducted when someone is curious which is again a part of our humanity. Dr. Heidegger had curiosity and that is why he conducted the experiment, that is why we are human. = = = = How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The test subjects want to be young again, they want to have fun instead of pain and these emotions make us who we are and what we are, they make us humain.= = = = How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? When the doctor tell them that he would never drink the water of the fountain his curiosity is satisfied. Now he knows the answer to the question that has been haunting him for so long.= = = = Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): =

=Simile: ”One limped along the floor, like a gouty grandfather” = =Metaphor: ”with a sudden glow of cheerful sunshine, brightening over all their visages at once.” = =Personification: “till time had buried him” = =Symbol: I chose the rose as a symbol, is shows the love there once was for Dr. Heidegger and it also shows the effect of the water of the fountain. = = = = = = Foreshadowing (give both elements): When the rose grew old and whithered we could instantly tell something similar was going to happen to the test subjects. = = = = Irony: After the doctor asked them to set up a few rules going through youth once again, they made the same mistake that almost killed them all 50 years ago.= = = = 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. = = This story showed numerous aspects of humanity such as the curiosity of the doctor and the emotions of the four test subjects, all proving to be amplified in youth. =

=Questions=

=1) It was to see the effect of the water on people, it may have had a different effect on certain things.=

=2) All of Dr. Heidegger's friends wasted their youth in one form or another, they all treasure the youth they wished they had before by doing what they loved best about it.=

=3) He would rather not drink the water for he has spent a lot of trouble growing old and he wouldn't want to have to go through it all again. The others however have drank the water already and it made them very youthful and they can't just leave that feeling, they have to have more...just like a drug.= = = =4) He could be anyone, a friend of the doctor, the skeleton or even a pet the doctor had. In either case they would know what they were doing because they were in the same room and they could guess at what they were thinking by their expressions and actions.= = = =5) It points out that young people are more energetic and enthusiastic about things than old people and they have less wisdom and experience than the elders of this world. I completely agree with these statements, they are indeed very accurate.=

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