The Pit and The Pendulum

How does the character search for solace, purpose, and/or redemption in this story?

In this story, the character tries to find solace by trying to find a way out of this prison. He tries to stay alive and makes plans to escape his doom. In his room was a huge pit that he could easliy fall in, but he doesn't cause he found it and was very cautous about where he was going. They feed him food and water, but the water was poisoned and knocked him out. Through all these tortures, all he could do was try and survive and not give up.

How does the character’s experience reflect the historical period in which his/her story is told?

The character's experience did reflect a lot on the time period because he was being tortured during the Spanish Inquisition around the 1800s. During this time they did a lot of torturing to the prisoners and they locked them up in dungeons to suffer. Also during this time period it shows how smart they were, like how they confused the prisoner by changing the room and how they moved all the walls and made it different. Obvisously these tortures don't still happen to this day.

How does the character's experience in the story symbolize the theme of survival and the human spirit?

The character experiences survival and human spirit by surviving all these tortures and getting out of prison. Even though they tortured him physically and mentally he kept on fighting and didn't give up. This showed how strong his human spirit was and how he didn't let anything stop him from making it out of there. He knew from the beginning that he was going to get out of there, because he had this drive to come out and he used his inteligence to escape.