Uncle Tungsten Analysis

The story starts, in the 1930’s, just in front of the second world war. The story is told by the author, Oliver Sacks, who is a adolescent child when the story starts. At the opening of the story Oliver takes a liking in metals and elements. He is very young, and asks lots of questions to his mother, who tries to answer them. Most of the time but sometimes gets irritated with him. There is one person, nevertheless, who does take the time to answer every question he has and that is his Uncle, who has been nicknamed Uncle Tungsten because he makes light bulbs with Tungsten Filaments. Uncle Tungsten is very encouraging to Oliver’s curiosity in chemistry and has an curiosity in chemistry himself, he continuously gives him demonstrations of chemical …show more content…
His uncle Tungsten promotes him to set a lab and do experiments. His parents are highly supportive of him, and allow him to set up a lab in the laundry room. Oliver has lots of slip-ups when doing experiments, he describes his lawn as being browned in most areas because whenever he has an experiment go wrong or a chemical reaction get out of hand he just throws it onto the lawn in his backyard. He is intrigued by the vivid colors, strange aromas, explosions, and other things of that nature which continually draw him into chemistry, His parents surprisingly don’t punish him for any of his mishaps and continually support him. As do his brothers Davis and Marcus, who take a liking to Oliver’s experiments, and assist him and create their own with him. Sacks absolutely adores the periodic table, its order and logic are enthralling to