Anatole drank a potion that enabled him to live forever. If offered such a potion, would you drink it? Why or why not?
Absolutely not. Or at least “absolutely not” if my body has to age like Anatole’s did. In the first chapter he is described as a tourist, his physical body shows the wear and tear of age and travel There’s an old song that Walter Brennan sang that my Mom used to sing:
The sun comes up and the sun goes down
The hands on the clock keep a-goin’ 'round
I just get up and it’s time to lay down
Life gets tee-jus, don’t it, hmm
No way! Life is hard enough living a regular lifespan. I don’t know why billionaires are pouring so much money into living longer. It doesn’t seem like Anatole was excited to live forever either, though it is curious that he said he could still die for example if eaten by tigers like the king. Sounds like he could decide to end things but doesn’t have the guts to do it if he has to choose.
Nope! I enjoy my current life, but seeing those I love go would just be too hard. I wanted to read more about his long, long journey, though.
I would not want to live forever. Watching love ones and friends die would be hard, as watching all the changes in the world, good and bad.
Well it sure would be interesting, but it seemed like Anatole’s body was still aging. If you could stay as you were in your 20s or 30s, it might be worthwhile, but as many have said, you’d have to make new friends and keep moving, because everyone would wonder why you don’t change; as well as dealing with the pain of losing loved ones. Makes me think of that movie, ‘The Age of Adaline’..
No way. This life is hard enough , to live longer and see all my loved one and family leave this world would be too much.
As I don’t relish leaving this earth, I would hate to live forever. Being the one left behind when loved ones and friends pass on wouldn’t be something I would enjoy doing. A good example today, is I have been losing people that have been important in my life almost every week due to old age or disease. With loss, one has to face how to move on without these key people.