The seductive mistress of science has not alluded the minds of the few that know how to innovate it and the masses who take advantage of it every day. Whether the advancement be in the realm of medicine or in the dominion of electronics, humans use the application of the field as a positive benefit in their lives. However, science can easily be transformed into something devastating and harmful to the human race; scientists have been able to design the cure for polio as well as atomic technology capable of wiping out much of the world in a nuclear holocaust in a matter of hours. These abilities that exist in science have been able to adapt its capabilities from the real world into literature; it has been able to seep itself into the novels
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Trescott, the respected doctor of the area. He is immediately seen as the caretaker for the doctor’s son, Jimmie Trescott. (quote about Henry being nice to Jimmie). Johnson’s interaction between other blacks are also seen to be amiable and positive, especially with the Farragut family. He has “preserved the polite demeanor” when in the presence of Miss Bella Farragut and her mother, continuously bows, and smiles with teeth “like an illumination” to the point where Bella calls him divine (Crane 7). Like Dr. Trescott, Henry is a well-known member of the community; the customers at Reifsnyder’s barber shop behaved like fish in an aquarium as Henry Johnson walked past in his “graceful form” (Crane 6). As he walks past the streamed ejaculation of the mystified gentlemen, Henry strolls along with a type of self-confidence like no other. Not only is Johnson able to brush off the statements about him, but he also capable of separating his work life from his personal life, showing that he does not feel enclosed by the occupation he has; after taking a long time changing out of his work clothes, the narrator describes the protagonist as “a quiet, well-bred gentleman of position, wealth, and other necessary achievements out for an evening stroll, and…had never washed a wagon in his life” (Crane 5). At this point Henry Johnson can be seen as a physical manifestation of electricity, the first new
Trescott, the respected doctor of the area. He is immediately seen as the caretaker for the doctor’s son, Jimmie Trescott. (quote about Henry being nice to Jimmie). Johnson’s interaction between other blacks are also seen to be amiable and positive, especially with the Farragut family. He has “preserved the polite demeanor” when in the presence of Miss Bella Farragut and her mother, continuously bows, and smiles with teeth “like an illumination” to the point where Bella calls him divine (Crane 7). Like Dr. Trescott, Henry is a well-known member of the community; the customers at Reifsnyder’s barber shop behaved like fish in an aquarium as Henry Johnson walked past in his “graceful form” (Crane 6). As he walks past the streamed ejaculation of the mystified gentlemen, Henry strolls along with a type of self-confidence like no other. Not only is Johnson able to brush off the statements about him, but he also capable of separating his work life from his personal life, showing that he does not feel enclosed by the occupation he has; after taking a long time changing out of his work clothes, the narrator describes the protagonist as “a quiet, well-bred gentleman of position, wealth, and other necessary achievements out for an evening stroll, and…had never washed a wagon in his life” (Crane 5). At this point Henry Johnson can be seen as a physical manifestation of electricity, the first new