A Most Ambitious Experiment

Reading Log form of address A Most Ambitious Experiment Author Mike Krath distance 5 pages Plot What is the lilliputian novel ab come to the fore? Message? privy messages? Its ab egress a man named Robert who travels 20 years earlier in epoch to find push through if he had invested his money well. He tells his wife hell be screen in five minutes, only instead she waits for 20 years for his return. When he comes back he finds out his wife had spent all the money. He travels back in fourth dimension to make sure she cannot do that again, and eventually kills her in parliamentary procedure to trail on his investment in the future and then return back five minutes before the murder.However, the future Robert kills the old Robert as before long as he arrives. Describe the setting (where does the fiction take touch? ). Some short stories argon written to highlight a picky place (e. g. a city) or a special period of fourth dimension (e. g. the time after the Second World Wa r). The setting can as well as involve a limited group of people (social class, students etc. ). The novel is set in the house of Robert and his wife. Robert goes down the basement every time he makes a time travel while his wife is time lag for him in their home, startling her when he shows up in their home 20 years later.Who is telling the story? (Who is the narrator? ) Perhaps the author has elect a particular person to tell the story. Why? The main characters are Robert and his wife. The story is told from a third-person perspective and focus mostly on Roberts wife as shes is waiting for him, thinking he cast away her. She even contacts the authorities to search for him, but after a a few(prenominal) months the shut down the case and she legally declares him dead in order to get hold of the money he put away in a fund. What is the authors message to the reader? Why was the story written? What is the overall meaning of the story? ) Has the story affected you? In what way(s)? I dont know if theres a real message behind this story. It describes much of the wifes feelings towards Robert, as she first is worried that something had happened to him, then thinking he had abandoned her. everywhere the years she grows bitter and spiteful against him. Robert doesnt seem to realize he has made her wait for 20 years and becomes angry when he finds out she spent the money.Hes also shown to take very grand risks just to find out how the funds are working out He isnt sure of the outcome of the experiment and displays no unbelief when he kills his wife, thinking he will travel back in time before he could do that. However his plan backfires and hes killed by his future self. Rating give the short story a grade from 1-5 and motivate the grade, why was it good or poorly? Id give this story a rating of three. It isnt badly written, but the story isnt very engaging.The author could live described in more detail the feelings of the wife, or went more in-depth with Ro bert and the translation of his character and motivations. I like the time-travelling theme and the ending, which is somewhat humorous although tragic. vocabulary pick five words from one or several short stories and explain them in English. 1. scowl frown, bitter expression 2. muddled her chief was muddled, i. e. she was confused 3. ambitious desire for success and achievment 4. grubby dark or filthy 5. inquire investigate, inspect