"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.
I Totally agree with you when you say that chapter was confuising, i was very confuised. I also had the same questions you had while reading like how he can keep a straight face while hurting someone, wouldnt you wnt to atleast cry alittle or somthing? i also think that Mr.Hyde gave the check to Einfield like there was nothing wrong with it so he wouldn't suspect anything to be wrong with it. I am too also wondering whos name was on the check, the chapters would make alot more sence if we were told the name.
ReplyDeleteI am in harmony with your one point that it is really hard to believe children wander around at 3 o'clock in the middle of the night. Maybe what you could have done was add a little research, maybe fill in a few blanks. Like in society back then , what gatherings were held that late at night? Or consider the fact that they were in a run-down neighborhood so maybe you could infer that the family was possibly homeless. If you look into a few things you could probably bleed out alot of interesting conclusion. Also I thought it was very keen of you to implement vocab into your entry, its a great way to exercise what we learn in class and start getting use to using these words in our speech and writing.
ReplyDeleteI also had a lot of these questions while reading this chapter. Can someone seriously just carelessly walk over a child? And the child must have been screaming. What did he do, just ignore it? Personally, I can not even step on a piece of paper and not jump and look down. Every time I read about Mr. Hyde: his look, his attitude, his actions, I find myself cringing at the thought, as I imagine you did too. I can connect with everything you had to say about this chapter. The confusion about the check made me wonder a lot, but I am glad Robert Stevenson did not tell us whose name was on the cheque because it kept me wanting to keep reading his book.
ReplyDeleteI totaly agree with you.. Some these chapters were confusing.. MIght i say you hav a very great blog posted.. Great details and sentences.. The confution between the check and the name had also gooten me.. And why was Mr. Utterson so curious? With you breaking it down in partss everything starts to make sence and know I'm starting to understand the book a bit more and the transitions between each chapter.. Keep on posting, this is the reason why I want to keep reading and not just because we have to... ;)
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