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Honors Soph. Eng./4

26 November, 2014

Evil Doctor

Apartment building in the city

The light

His name was Sam. He lived in an apartment on the fifth floor in number 527. He maintained his living status off of his efforts of his operations. He wasn't your ordinary man. On his days off he tended to do experiments. In other apartments men and women questioned him. They would pound on his door with the request to know what the awful smell was or what the loud sound had came from, but they never got an answer. With his strange habits came late night sneaking around and an abundance of secrets. His secrets were kept because his family was gone. When they left him he had to fend for himself. Since he was abandoned at eight his level of social skills was extremely low.

Sam had dark hair and green-yellow eyes, he had them since birth. Each eye was half green and half yellow. When he was little his mother would always tell hime he wasn't worth much at all. He was tall like his father, but did not appeal to be on the skinny side. To preform his operations he went to his laboratory on the other side of his large city. His laboratory was in the back alley way in between the market Giggly Jones and the shoe store, so when he was going there he tended to walk because it was less noticeable than a fancy car or say a white van.It was about a 10 mile walk there but he didn't want anyone to know when he would pick up a child to operate on. Upon his walk one day he met with a lady of whom her name he did not know. This lady was petite and fairly skinny. When leaving work this man seen that she was sitting in the middle of the alley slightly hidden by the trash can. She didn't say anything or offer his a smile, she just observed. With her observations she decided she should hide a little more.

The lady sat there for a week without words or other expressions. The only exception was that she snuck into his office. When she was in there she found all his files. Anything that should be kept hidden was taped under his large table. When this man was leaving work one day he chose a different route out of curosity. On this route he encountered a thug like group standing in front of him. When he tried to motion around them, then Sam found there was around 12 of them and one of him. He knew he couldn't take them so then he tried to turn around all to find that there was a gate that just didn't seem right. This gate was iron with shocking electric currents flowing on the outside. After haggling with the men and giving up about a months worth of his profits he finally got through.

Now being a so-called doctor this man should have wanted to save but in his case he was out to steal lives. He often would operate on children in his apartment and find new things to do with their bodies after they no longer had a pulse. Sam mostly picked out the organs one by one for fun. He did this anywhere he stayed and that was often the cause of the restless noises in the night. To dispose of these bodies after he had his fun with them he dumped them into the alley trash by work. He figure that it already stunk bad enough that no one would think anything of it. After a few months the owner of the apartments decided the obnoxiousness of Sam was enough and decided to evict him, the owner would have never found out, but the nosey neighbor in apartment 525 always complained. When being evicted he decided the right thing to do was to move into his office. When he moved there he stayed for months to watch the little lady until one day she moved in with Sam. He found out her name was Evelynn. Him and Evelynn secretly got married. Now he was about 30 years older than her so people who assumed their love was happening tried to take her away. Three of the 12 men that tried to gang up on him broke into Sam's home one day and attempted to take Evelynn. One man was Evelynn's father. Of course she did not know because she was abandoned at age 13 and he lived in the country side. She didn't go with them, so one night at about 12:45 they came back. They found the woman laying in bed, but did not see Sam. They assumed that they would find him returning later so they considered hiding out. Instead of hiding they chose to come back another day. When they returned they were greeted with body parts surrounding the door and a heart as the door handel. They were mortified, but decided to brave it anyway. When the men entered they still hadn't seen him. They searched what they thought to be the entire house. They accidently tripped on the carpet and uncovered this passage. The men thought nothing of it because it wasn't leading to anywhere obvious, but then they seen something.

They seen a light that happened to be the man's eyes. They were shining brighter than ever. How did this happen might be a question the occurs to the boys that found him. The creepiness of the man's mind may have killed him, but without an autopsy they would never know what truly caused his death. Atleast there wouldn't be anymore dismantled children as a cause of his insanity and the little lady could find true love. Since she was only 17, then maybe one day she could find true love, with the exception that it happened later.

Sam no longer lives, but the people in his building could finally live in peace. The peace may only last for a little while. Who knows maybe another creeper will come along.  

Gothic Romanticism

Gothic Romanticism 

Southern gothic  romanticism- a form of literature that displays iron or unusual events as well as shows somewhat disturbing characteristic of the plot and setting. Often displays violence and some act or feeling of imprisonment.

In the story "The Life You May Save May Be Your Own" one way the author shows southern gothic romanticism is by giving details of the feeling of imprisonment. "Fifteen, sixteen," the old woman said. The girl was nearly thirty but because of her innocence it was impossible to guess." This is showing imprisonment because the author is saying that this young girl is stuck in an older women's body because of her simplicity and she will never be able to get mentally older. Another reason this is considered southern gothic romanticism is because of the front porch imagery. "The old woman slid to the edge of her chair and leaned forward, shading her eyes from the piercing sunset with her hand." This is unusual because of the fact that they are in the middle of nowhere and some man is coming up to them. Another element of southern gothic romanticism is when the old man marries the daughter of the story. "...Mr. Shiftlet and Lucynell were married in the Ordinary's office while the old woman witnessed." This qualifies as a reason for southern gothic romanticism because that is just unnatural and weird! One display of southern gothic romanticism is "A Rose for Emily" is "One of us lifted something from it, and leaning forward, that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils, we saw a long strand of iron-grey hair." This is a prime example of level 90 weird. Seriously no one should sleep with a dead person. Another example would be "...a huge meadow which no winter ever quite touches.", this is showing that the setting is a bit out of the ordinary. Something that establishes the southern part of this story being southern gothic romanticism is all the talk about "negro's" in the story. 
These stories compare mostly to Gothic stories because the level of gross odd things that happen in these stories. Such as Lucynell getting married to Mr. Shiftlet and the man sleeping next to the dead woman in "A Rose for Emily".

One reason Miss Emily's crime goes unnoticed is because she disappears. In the story it says she vanishes and typically when someone is gone for a while they tend to be forgotten or at least the problems other people cause do. Another reason her crime went unnoticed was because "When her father died, it got about that the house was all that was left to her;" thus this made people feel bad for her so what she was doing didn't really matter. Her wrong doings also went unmentioned because "Now she too would know the old thrill and the old despair of a penny more or less." Over all her issues with the law went unnoticed because people felt sorry for her.
The hitch-hiker scene works because the man is now doing more for someone else than he was all along and he isn't getting anything out of it like he did when he was helping the mom at the beginning of the story. Also, it isn't very natural for people to pick up high-hikers so it just adds to the element of creepy in the story. 

   

Socratic Questions

Socratic Questions:

Close-ended question~ What was Connie allowed to do because her sister also did it?
"There was one good thing: June went places with girl friends of hers, girls who were just as plain and steady as she, and so when Connie wanted to do that her mother had no objections."
Answer~ She was allowed to go to the mall with her friends on the weekend because her older sister did it and always come home safe.

Open-ended question~ What happened to Connie at the end of the story?
Answer~ She was forced to go with Arnold Friendly to protect her family. He took he too a country side and did naughty things to her forcefully.

World connection~ What have you been allowed to do or not allowed to do because of your siblings?
"How've you got your hair fixed—what the hell stinks? Hair spray? You don't see your sister using that junk." this is a display of what Connie shouldn't be doing in her mother's eyes since June does not do it.
Answer~ I have certain dating rules because of the ones my sister had.

Core question~ How should a person really react when someone you don't know very well wants you to go somewhere with them?
"She said she would and so she tapped her friend's arm on her way out..." this is not how to react to someone when they approach you and they are a stranger.
Answer~ Make them understand that you have values and don't let them pressure you.

Literary analysis question~ What is the point of view of the story and how does it relate to the tone?
"She and that girl and occasionally another girl went out several times a week, and the rest of the time Connie spent around the house" by saying Connie spent time around the house the author is wanting to display sympathy for Connie and all of the "she" nouns show third person.
Answer~ The point of view is third person. It relates to the tone because it helps you to see that the author really wants you to feel sympathetic towards Connie by letting you see her opinion without coming out and saying it.