Before I Hang story
Dr. John Garth is on trial for murder after performing a mercy killing on an elderly friend. In the trial, he reveals that he had been researching a cure for aging, but had not had time to perfect it before his friend's pain became unbearable. Despite his pleas for mercy, the judge sentences him to be hanged in three weeks' time.
6 total · 4 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| anti-aging technology | major | Dr. John Garth develops an anti-aging serum from the blood of an executed prisoner and uses it on himself. |
| coping with aging | major | Dr. John Garth developed an anti-aging serum to because he felt aging was an unnecessary evil. |
| father and daughter | major | Martha Garth worried over her father John Garth's impending execution and then again after he took anti-aging serum. |
| the quest for immortality | major | Dr. John Garth uses anti-aging serum on himself and encourages others to use it to prolong their lives. |
| facing one's own execution | minor | Dr. John Garth is sentenced him to be hanged in three weeks' time. |
| scientist occupation | minor | Dr. John Garth worked in the prison laboratory to develop an anti-aging serum. |