Biography
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) was born in the city of Salem, Massachusetts. His ancestors included John Hathorne, a judge during the Salem Witch Trials. He started writing short stories, and then began to write novels too. The Scarlet Letter is Hawthorne’s best known novel. It became him famous around the world. Hawthorne is one of America’s greatest writers.
The story told us about an old man called “Dr. Heidegger” who lived in isolation. He had been in love and been about to marry a woman, but she became ill and died fifty years ago. Just one remembrance of her he kept between a book’s pages. It was a dry-out and faded rose. He once invited four unfortunate friends to do an experiment with them. He just wanted to know what would happen if a person drank water from the Fountain of Youth. It became them into young people again. In the end, they kept on making the same mistakes as did before and then, they grew old over again.
- Dr. Heidegger invited four friends to do a little experiment with them.
- He poured some water onto the rose and it began to bloom in a short while after.
- He told them that they thought about the mistakes to not made them over again.
- They drank water and they grew young once again.
- The four ones kept on drinking water from the Fountain.
- Men started to fool around and fight for the woman.
Climax: Three men quarreled over the woman and the vase with water from the Fountain fell to the ground.
Characterization
Character | Physical and psychological features |
Dr. Heidegger | He was the protagonist. An elderly, lonely, strange, heartbreaking man who was interested in things like "The Fountain of youth". Moreover, he was cheerful by being such as he was because he had learned and had accepted his mistakes. He had gray hair and was probably around seventy years old. .......... |
Mr. Medbourne | He was a secondary character. By the time he was young, he was well-off and fortunate. He had to beg for money because was very greedy in past years. Furthermore, he was old, miserable, unlucky man who had gray hair and white beard. ... ,, |
Mr. Gascon | He was a secondary character. When he was young, he was a very well-known politician. Unfortunately, he was sent to jail by being dishonest. Also, he was old, greedy, miserable man who had gray hair and white beard too. .. |
Colonel Killigrew | He was a secondary character. Even though he was a great soldier in the past, he just spent his life eating and drinking too much. Now, he was the poor wretch. In addition, he was old, greedy, unfortunate man who had gray hair and white beard. |
Widow Wycherly | She was a secondary character. She was once quite beautiful when she was young. The three men was hopelessly in love with her, but she was only in love with herselft. Moreover, she was completely a conceited, vain and unfortunate narcissist. |
The story taught us a meaningful real-life lesson which was: "Learning from our mistakes" It showed us that we merely made mistakes, but forget to learn something about them sometimes. We should raise awareness of things did not go well in life and in this way; we might be able to learn from ourselves by not making the same mistakes all over again in the near future.
My opinion
Well, I liked this short story so that we could learn a vital lesson. We do not think about our mistakes and do not play attention to them at all times. We must learn something what did not turn out right to not make it time and time again. Nobody is perfect in the world and it does not matter how many times we might stumble upon. The most important things are to learn from the past events and trust that God is the only one who really knows what is the best for us.
José Pablo Corrales P.
1 comentarios:
José Pablo,
the only thing we don't coincide is the real motiff in the conflict. Check it again!
Very well-done!
Jonathan
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