Persuasive Argument

       We gather here today wondering what is going to happen next. Well, a few nights ago a man named Sir Danvers Carew was frightfully murdered by that cruefully Mr. Hyde with a maid as an eyewitness. She was enjoying life and a few minutes later, BOOM! she is passed out by what she sees. No one ever wants that to happen to them at anytime. We all know that Mr. Hyde is also Dr. Jekyll and that Dr. Jekyll will never do such a thing so we can't punish him, BUT Mr. Hyde will. If he isn't behind bars we won't be able to trust Dr. Jekyll because he will either drink his potion or make a new one. You see jury, even though Dr. Jekyll is a good man, Mr. Hyde is not so he can't be trusted. Here I pleed Mr. Hyde guilty of the murder. I aslo pleed Dr. Jekyll guilty for bringing this man alive.

Character/Theme

        I am most drawn to Dr. Jekyll because he seems to be one of those people with a lot of secrets that we all want to find out. To me, he seems like a very interesting man because he doesn't like talking about Mr. Hyde and you never see them in the story at the same time and then in the chapter, " Incident of the Letter " we find out that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde's hand writing is very much alike. Mr. Utterson then draws the conclusion that Dr. Jekyll forged the letter. At this point Dr. Jekyll can be a very harsh man because his good friend, Mr. Utterson is worried about him and wants to visit but doesn't let anyone in. Something very important is going on with Dr. Jekyll. In my opinion, i think he has Multiple Personality Disorder and is very embarrassed for anyone to find out nd that's why he is trying to convince everyone that Mr. Hyde is gone be HE is Mr. Hyde.

       Dr. Jekyll probably plays a decent part in the theme. He showed us he was too scared for everyone to find out about Mr. Hyde and tried to get rid of him. To me, the theme could be something like, " even thought someone might have this particular disorder, there is no need to treat them differently then everyone else. " Mr. Utterson wanted to find My. Hyde and lock him up and Dr. Jekyll got really scared. Maybe he has a good ( Dr. Jekyll ) and bad ( Mr. Hyde ) side. So far the theme isn't quite there yet but it will be. We just have to keep reading. Even though Dr. Jekyll can trust Mr. Utterson, he wasn't so sure he can trust everyone with a secret like that...

"The Story of the Door" Reaction

As I was reading the chapter, “Story of the Door,” a moment really caught my attention; it was really confusing but still got me to read more. When Mr. Enfield and Mr. Utterson came abreast of an entry, it reminded Mr. Enfield of a strange story. The whole story really caught my attention because I can picture what is going on, step by step.

 As Mr. Enfield was explaining it, I was able to really feel like I was there. The part where he states, “…..for the man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground………” This moment makes me think about how cruel and harsh many people in our world may be. It was a very odd move because usually you wouldn’t leave a child there to scream you would help them up and move on. Sometimes I got very confused with the rest of the story and it didn’t make any sense. For instance, Mr. Enfield states, “…..Well the child was not much the worse, more frightened, according to the Sawbones…..” What are Sawbones? And what is this trying to tell me? Parts throughout his story had me thinking over and over trying to figure out what is going on and what he is trying to tell me. Some moments in the story can make me think about a whole lot of ideas but the most important is how people are in reality and how they should be treated.

As I read some of the articles, this specific part made me think back to, “Good and Evil,” and the man was very evil to the poor little girl. The two bumped into each other but it was very harsh of him to just walk away leave her there screaming and scared half to death. “Whether something is good or evil is determined by society and whether society has made that decision correctly or incorrectly...” This quote from the previous article I read tells me that it’s your choice to be good or bad and the choice is either correct or incorrect. Also as I read the article, I was able to say that those who are evil should be treated without respect because being evil is not a good thing; it never is.

Multiple personality Disorder

         In this aritcle, I learned about this disorder and what it does to people. This disorder is a servere form of dissociation and it can produce lack of memories, feelings, actions. or even sense of identity. This disorder is real and it is the most servere and chronic manifestation of those that cause multiple personalities. Someone with this can find themselves doing what they don't normally do. That's how they have many different personalities and sometimes they feel they hav no choice. The center point of this article was when they mentioned a famous NFL star, Herscel Walker, who says he struggled with this disorder. He tried to get through it as best as he can and to cope, he developed a personality that did feel loneliness, one that was fearless. Today he realizes that these personalities are part of this disorder and you can't control them. My reaction to this was amazed. I never knew anything like this existed. As i was reading, I thought that if I ever came across someone like this, i would try and make them forget what they have and live life like nothing is wrong. This aritcle really inspired me and i definitely did learn something new today.