The Eleventh Edition

In the short story "The Eleventh Edition" by Leo E. Litwak we notice Russ Hansen is heading in two different directions in his life. First, Russ starts off by being a follower of Professor Diekman's teachings, he does anything for him, he was ready to do anything to be like him and second the realities of real life where everything else matters. At the beginning of the story, Russ moves away from his boring hometown …

…father to start a new and better life to dropping that evil circle. Russell gains a lot of knowledge and wisdom by everything that goes on in the story which will help him in his journey through life. I think he learned the best lessons he could have learned. First, that old age is everyone's destiny and second, that there will always be people out there tidying up the world and are full of themselves.