The+New+Accelerator

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====//The New Accelerator// is a short story written by H.G. Wells. The main character is good friends with a "mad" scientist, Professor Gibberne. Professor Gibberne is a mighty jester, but also an amazing physiologist, chemist, and medical scientist. He has become bored with these subjects though, and wants to see if he can accelerate the human body to move two times faster. This way people can accomplish twice as many things in a day. This "accelerator will work on the nervous system to accelerate the body. He begins to experiment, and eventually contacts his old friend. Professor Gibberne shares the wonder of his accelerator. He tells how he had taken it once before, but you do not move twice as fast, you move one thousand times faster. Both of the men take a dose, and travel around town. They see many people seemingly frozen in precarious poses. The people look this way because the proffesor and his friend are traveling so many times faster. They are in the park when the acclerator begins to wear off. They seem to appear suddenly to the people in the park, frightening an older gentleman. They are now moving at the same speed as the rest of the world. Professor Gibberne does some more tampering to the accelerator, harnessing its power, and diluting the dose. He intends to sell it in the strengths of 200, 900, and 2000. The narrator takes the accelerator a few more times, and infact wrote this story under its influence.

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1. The character Professor Gibberine is said to have done a great deal to benefit the society scientifically before the happenings of the story. This gives him a lot of power and trust from the scientific world. How does this become dangerous? Should this be taken into consideration in real life?

**2.** One of the risks of Gibberine's invention The New Accelerator is said to be rapid aging. Imagine a world of people using this drug. Name some of the advantageous and detrimental factors that would come from a society of people whose aging is at an accelerated pace.

**3.** The end of the story mentions a probable rise in criminal activity due to The New Accelerator. What precautions could be taken to prevent this from happening if the drug is released? Do you think that our society would take the chance of releasing The New Accelerator to the public in the first place?


 * Protagonist:** The protagonist in //The New Accelorator// was Professor Gibberne


 * Antagonist:** The antagonist in the story was "The New Accelerator" drug


 * Setting:** There are three settings in //The New Accelerator.// One of them is Professor Gibberne's house. Another setting is the Folkstone Leas. And the last setting is in the park.


 * Main Conflict:** The main conflict in //The New Accelerator// is the drug and whether it is safe and efficient for society. Professor Gibberne decides to sell the drug in three strengths, 200, 900, and 2000, each is color coded to distinguish from eachother.


 * Forms of Technology:** //The New Accelerator// mentions a variety of different medical drugs as forms of technology. Professor Gibberine is "unequalled" in soporifics, sedatives, and anesthetics. He works with "nervous stimulants" and has created a drug called "Gibberine's B Syrup" that has saved lives. The main form of technology in //The New Accelerator// is, appropriately, The New Accelerator. The New Accelerator is a type of nervous stimulant. It essentially accelerates the body and mind of the user by speeding up the user's heartbeat, resitory system, and all other body funtions. This makes the rest of the world seem to travel at an extremely slowed pace.


 * Theme**: The theme of the story is that people should not mess with the speed at which living activity occurs. There is a reason it goes that fast, so it should not be tampered with.

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