The New Accelerator Analysis

1. The tying factor between the two scientists of The New Accelerator and The Man Who Evolved is logic-stopping passion. They are both incredibly passionate about their work until it consumes them, Pollard being "the man who evolved" (Edward Hamilton) and Gibberne being the "Chemist of considerable eminence" (H. G. Wells). One perishes due to this passion, the other does not. Before we the reader, personified into the stories by rather reserved first-person narrators, are allowed to observe the persona of the Narrators we’re assaulted by the Mad Scientists’ passion driven claims and undisputed success. But, that’s where the similarities between the two scientists end. The mad scientist in The New Accelerator was portrayed as excitable, boyish, ostentatious, and
But, The New Accelerator takes the scientist through a sort of retelling of the tale Icarus, considering he almost burst into flames after taking his new revolutionary drug that allowed people to be twice as active during a period of time, pushing the conclusion that science has limits - which thankfully the scientist realizes. But, Pollard of The Man Who Evolved, does not realize this and that is why he perishes. In contrast to The New Accelerator, Pollard as a scientist displays a whole spectrum of personas and emotions that I feel exist in the field of science throughout his evolution into simple protozoa. On one end there is the sacrificial, haunted, and lethally curious Pollard, and on the other is an arrogant, self-obsessed, emotionless “Pollard” who ultimately caused his own death by ignoring his friends’ demands for him to remain human. Aside from addressing the question, I have many contentions against Pollard as a scientist, if this experiment was truly for the pursuit of more scientific knowledge, he would’ve left means to record his evolutionary voyage. He would’ve requested the aid of other Biologists equipped to study and understand his evolutionary changes at each stage and not his