Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment
As I’m reading this Short story, I am also currently
typing my thoughts. So, it might sound like I’m jumping around or so. I’m also
currently eating a bowl of cereal. At the start, the narrator introduces us to
5 characters. The four guests of the doctor are old and seem unlucky. The
description of the doctor’s study is very specific. Also, when the description
turn to the pictures, we find out that Dr. Heidegger was almost married but the
bride to be swallowed his prescription and died on the bridal evening. Overall,
this suggests to me that they are all very unfortunate. Ooh, there seems to be
a book of magic in Dr. Heidegger’s study. Who is the narrator? The narrator
states that he is content “content to bear the stigma of a fiction-monger.”
This tells us that he was or is a liar. The fiancée of the doctor was named
Sylvia Ward. The doctor performed a remarkable task. He revived a 55 year old
and withered rose. Aha! So the water was a Fountain of Youth. They all, except
the doctor, tried it and they were amazed. They tried it once and they were
hooked. As the story continues the four young guests were drunken with transformation.
They were also doing what they did when they were young, which was fight over
Widow Wycherly. They were all happy and they accidently broke the vase
containing the magical water. Doctor Heidegger saw that the rose was going back
to its original form. The other characters were afraid and gradually came back
to their old self. The effect of the magic water lasted but a few moments.
Doctor Heidegger learned a lesson but the other four got depressed and moved to
Florida to live there and drink alcohol morn’ till night over the thought of
the fountain of youth.
“Don't cry because it's
over, smile because it happened.”
-Theodor Seuss Geisel
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