Dr Heidegger's Experiment Quote Analysis

Dr. H People are willing to believe the words of others if it benefits them. One piece of evidence from the story is when Dr. H was filling up the glasses: “The old people doubted not that it possessed cordial and comfortable properties; and though utter sceptics as to its rejuvenescent power, they were inclined to swallow it at once.” The old folks were willing to just tip their heads back and drink the water from the “Fountain of Youth” without the evidence behind the potency of it. It could be poisonous and kill them for all they know. Another quote to back up this theme statement comes right before they took the drink. Dr. Heidegger told them, “ Think what a sin and shame it would be, if, with your peculiar advantages, you should not become patterns of virtue and wisdom to all the young people of the age!” He is basically telling them they have already been young once, so it would be expected of them to be a good example and set the ropes to lead the new young people on a good path.A third piece of evidence to support this quote comes from when the ladies like Widow Wycherly kept asking for more: “You have been a long time growing old. Surely, you might be content

Heidegger’s Experiment relate to the connection of who the old people want to be viewed as compared to their real appearance that everyone else sees. While Dr. H is running these experiments he is secretly making the old people addicted to their appearance and is making them forget about the reality wrapped up in it all. They love how they feel they appear on the inside, but break down break when they come to realize it is not how people view them on the outside. The elderly people let their appearance mess with their personalities so much that it started changing how they viewed themselves. They wanted to be beautiful and young again instead of the wrinkled, grey-haired people they have become. The reality of appearance scared the old people in Dr. Heidegger’s