| Characterize the narrator Arthur Wright |
| Characterize his companion Hugh Dutton |
| Characterize Dr. John Pollard. How is he different from Dutton and Wright? |
| What is the nature of Pollard's experiment? |
| Why do Dutton and Wright agree to help Pollard with his experiment? |
| Describe Pollard's first change. |
Wright calls Pollard's first change "terrible"; Pollard says it is "wonderful." What do you think? |
| Describe Pollard's second change. Do you think that this change is positive or not? |
| Describe Pollard's third change. Wright now calls him a "monster." Do you agree? |
| How does Wright convince Pollard to undergo a fourth change? Why? |
| Describe the fourth change. Is Pollard still human? |
| Why does Dutton finally want to stop the experiment? Why hadn't he tried to stop the experiment before? Why does Wright continue the experiment? What would you have done? |
| Describe and react to the fifth and final change. |
| Why does Dutton go mad? Why doesn't Wright go mad? |
| Why do you think the evolutionary changes occur in this particular order? |
| What attitudes toward scientific exploration and experimentation are conveyed in this story? |
