"The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was a mysterious chapter. It was the way Mr. Einfeild told his story, and of the man- whom the audience finds out is Mr. Hyde. The way Einfeild describes the scene where Hyde runs the child over and doesnt stop to care, makes me feel horrible inside. Its almost as if you're told that Hyde is a careless, evil human being, just in that one scene of the story. that was just crazy!
Some thigns in this book didnt make sense either, which made this chapter also confusing. Who in their right mind is out with their children at 3 AM? Who can keep a straight face, and a balanced walk when hurting someone, let alone hurting a child? How did Hyde get ahold of those checks? Why does the door have to be white- Why cant it be perywinkle or a light blue? <-- (Ha ha) Some of these things just dont make sense to me.
What grabbed my attention the most in the story was the way Hyde succumbed to giving the money to pay for his fault when he was threatened with having the incident going public. It astounds me the way reputation was the blackmail of the day back then. Now, we dont care about our reputation around others, so that cant be put on us. Another thing that interested me was the way Hyde gave the check to Einfeild as if nothing was wrong with it, when in fact there was something very wrong with it. The name on the check wasnt Hydes, so Einfeild thought it was forgery. When the accountant at the bank told Einfeild it was real, it sort-of confused me. Whos name was on the check? How did Hyde obatin the check?
This certainly interested Mr. Utterson, and it lead him to some research on Hyde. In this chapter, they never informed you the name that was on the check, so it was a little confusing towards the end. When they find out the name, things get put into place for the next chapter. And then the blackail and research of "The story of the door" continues.
