Lost Cities Lost Treasure Character Analysis

Discoveries that have changed this world forever have had great faults, but does that really make the discovery bad? Sometimes the mistakes that are made are the reason why the discovery was made, and sometimes it’s pure carelessness and laziness that cause them! In “Lost Cities, Lost Treasure”, Heinrich Schliemann dreamed of discovering treasures of the ancient world. He travels to a site where he believes he might find treasure. He meets Calvert. Unlike Heinrich, Calvert likes to keep his discoveries on the low and didn’t have interest in fame like Heinrich. Calvert was on the fence about letting Heinrich check his site but since Calvert didn’t have much money, he relied on Heinrich’s funds. They both found treasure on the site but much of it was ruined because it was higher up-ground than both of the men expected. Heinrich took full credit on having found ancient Troy treasures. Calvert was almost forgotten. The …show more content…
It might cause them to start over on a very long experiment. It might ruin results of a test. And don’t get me wrong, sometimes the mistakes lead to better discoveries, but very rarely does that happen. In reality, when a scientist makes a mistake, it doesn’t help them at the moment, but it does have somewhat of an impact on them. “The typical role of a mistake in science is not to lead a brilliant invention, but to teach a scientist how to do better next time.” says the author. Obviously, many famous people have made mistakes, too. A 19th century Scottish author, Samuel Smiles, said, “We learn from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.” So in conclusion, mistakes or errors may put a bump in the road but the bump in the road may be a thing that keeps you going in the end. We all make mistakes, we’re human, and not all mistakes are