This image is a part of the scene from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when from what Dr. Lanyon knows Dr. Jekyll's assistent has come to his house to pick up the drawer that Dr. Jekyll has told him specifically to take from his cabinet. The assistant is however Mr. Hyde and he is asking Dr. Lanyon if he would like to witness his transformation. Lanyon then explains that he has done to much and come to far not to see what it all was for. This interpretation of the scene struggles to represent the novels words in a visual way because of the lack of expression. The image just shows the two men one nearly facing away only showing a part of his face which looks as if he has no care in the world for what is about to happen and the other man looking about the same. Both having no color and no emotion making this a very boring and uninformative sight.

Graphic Novel Response Two

The graphic novel is different from the novel in many different ways. One being that it simply provides pictures to give the reader information vital to the story as well as text. These pictures are vital to the difference because it is a totally different way of thinking and remembering what is going on in the story. For example many people study for a test by watching a video on the information, others listen to a tape, and some simply write the information needed down. The graphic novel is great for students that have trouble remembering what is going on in the story just by reading it. So when pictures are involved they are able to recall an image and put the story together in a different way. A second reason as to why these two ways of telling a story are different is that although both use text to describe the story a graphic novel is able to use the text to make the reader pay more attention or less attention to certain sentences, phrases, and words. For example if in the story someone screamed “I’m going to jump” in the novel it would simply state, “and then the man screamed at the top of his lungs ‘I’m going to jump” where as in the graphic novel the illustrators’ and writers are able to play around with the graphic design aspect of the words by using different fonts and size of fonts such as “I’m going to jump!!”. This would be frowned upon in a normal novel because it should be the authors words that make the readers imagination make up how the character says what he says not the way the words are shown. These differences are nothing but good because they define why some choose novels and other chooses graphic novels. It just has to do with your preference and really how your mind works. The examples that where stated previously are also ways in which the graphic novel enhances a novel’s message to a specific audience that focuses more on the artistic aspect of how a story could be presented. However to others who enjoy respect the words of an author and feel that diction and placement of words are what really make a story come alive these artistic traits could make that audience feel that graphic novels struggle to represent the novel’s theme. In some cases even to an artist a graphic novel can miss the theme of a story by how it is presented. Such as if the graphic novel is printed in black and white and made to look as if a sketch artist designed the graphics when what the story it is telling has somewhat of a bright and colorful love theme than the message that the story is showing may be misinterpreted. The same can be the opposite if the story is supposed to have a dark gothic theme and it is printed in the brightest colors with bubbly characters and curvy text that the reader will most likely be confused as to what the story is trying to say.

This scene shows Mr. Hyde beating and eventually killing a man that was just asking directions to Mr. Uttersons house. This enhances the novel because you are able to see exactly what the beating of the man would have looked like. You can see the emotion on both mens face and how the stranger was helpless.

Graphic Novel Response

The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde graphic novel is much different from the novel when considering the lack of detail in the graphic novel and the overwhelming amount in the original novel. However you are able to understand and view the details in the graphic novel. Another great difference between the two books is the amount of imagination you get to put into the story to make it your own when reading the novel you can imagine how everything looks and how exaggerated the actions are but with the graphic novel it flat out shows you exactly how everything should look. Some of the differences are good and some are bad it really just depends on if you want to be able to make up a world when reading a book and make the people and city look the way you see it in your head. Or have it showed to you so you know exactly how it is supposed to look so that it makes sense when reading the story. If you thought of a character looking a certain way and then you see how the author intended the character to look and it is completely different it might make you like the book less. A graphic novel can enhance a novel’s message in many different ways. Obviously it is a graphic novel because it has many pictures to illustrate the author’s depiction of the characters and the scene. This helps to enhance the message because you are actually able to see what the author is saying. For example if the author said, “… and then the man swung at the monster and knocked its teeth straight out of its mouth.” There would be and illustration that went along with this text showing you exactly how the man swung and all of the emotion behind both the man and the monsters actions to what is going on. There are also many ways in which you can graphically design this scene in a graphic novel as well that will also help the reader more understand the message. If the text is very large and in a way screaming at you then the scene is most likely an important and exiting one. If it is small and very plain looking than it may also be very important but unexciting and just two people exchanging words. The graphics in the novel are just as important there are numerous amounts of ways to show emotion, excitement, and drama through the faces the colors and the way in which the image is drawn. If the image is drawn with a sloppy hand you will think differently than if it was drawn with a careful more precise hand. Along with making the reader understand the message of the novel it can also make them more confused in certain ways like reading out of order because the graphic novel tends to jump around on the page and it is very easy to skip a box or read out of order. With so much going on in a graphic novel with illustrations everywhere and words jumping out at you the image may become less important to a reader that is more interested in the artwork that is put into the book.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Summary of Chapters 8-10

Once Utterson gets back to his home he opens the letters the first one was the one he found on Dr. Jekyll's desk it is a note with the present days date on it and tells Utterson to read the letter left by Lanyon. Utterson reads the next letter, this letter explains how after dinner one night Dr. Jekyll gave a strange letter to Dr. Lanyon that consisted of instructions to break into an upper room and take a drawer. He was then to take the drawer back to his house and wait for one of Jekyll's men to come pick the objects inside the drawer which was a red liquid and salt, later that night Mr. Hyde showed up, he came inside asked for a glass mixed the two and drank it he immediately started to transform into Dr. Jekyll. The consequences of experiencing this "magic" destroyed Dr. Lanyon and made him very ill. Dr. Lanyon ends his letter by saying he is very ill and will most likely die soon because of the traumatic experience. The last chapter is Jekyll's side of the story and where he explains main points of it. He describes his experiment, how he loves Hyde, and how he has a huge problem with his double side. He then explains how Hyde ended up taking over Dr. Jekyll and he periodically became weaker and weaker because of it.

Quotes:

1. "I must here speak by theory alone, saying not what which I know, but that which I suppose to e most probable." 

- This quote from the last chapter (Dr. Jekyll's full statement of the case) is a great one because it shows that even Dr. Jekyll has no idea what is going on with himself and Hyde.

2. "Here then , as I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end." 

- I love this last line of the book because it really makes you think about the greater picture and what Stevenson was really trying to say. In my opinion of course I believe that he was saying that not by killing himself did he kill Hyde but by letting the world know of his feelings in a different way other than letting Hyde take control. In other words he found a new way of release that was able to destroy Hyde because there was no need for him.

Questions: 

1. Why were there no women in the novel?

2. What would you classify Dr. Jekyll's illness or disorder as specifically?

3 Do you believe that Jekyll created Hyde within his existing personality or created another personality completely that consisted of Hyde?

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Summary Chaperters 5-7

5. After Mr. Hyde disappeared Dr. Jekyll comes out of his reclusion. He started to hold dinners for his old friends and was finally at peace once again. On the eight of January Mr. Utterson dined with Dr. Jekyll and it appeared to be exactly like old times. On the 12th and 14th however the doors of Dr. Jekyll's residence were closed to all including Mr. Utterson. And once again Dr. Jekyll had cut himself off to the world. On the fifth night the lawyer decided to accompany Dr. Lanyon for dinner. Once he entered the Dr's home he immediately noticed that he had become much balder and older looking. His quality of manner displayed an essence of terror. During the dinner the Dr. spoke of how Dr. Jekyll and himself will never meet nor speak to one another again. Once Mr. Utterson got back to his house he wrote a letter to Jekyll complaining about his exclusion from his house and what the problem was with him and Dr. Lanyon. Jekyll then writes back explaining that although there is no tension with Dr. Lanyon and himself there is no possible way they will ever speak or meet again. He then goes on to say that he has a problem and must deal with it on his own with no one interfering and asks for Mr. Utterson to respect that. Dr. Lanyon dies a week later. After the funeral Utterson locks himself in his room with a letter written by Dr. Lanyon with the expectations of opening it although it specifically says not to. He stops himself and decides to visit Jekyll once more and from then on with the same results starts to visit the house less frequently.

6. While on a walk with Mr. Einfeld Utterson sees Dr. Jekyll inside Mr. Hydes old house. Jekyll says that he is still very ill but it is great that they were able to see each other. He then goes on to say that he would invite them inside but it is unfit for the occasion and that it is best to only talk from where they are at that moment. As they speak Dr. Jekyll randomly gives a horrific look at both of the men and then shuts the window he was speaking out of. At that moment the two men turned around and walked the other direction and it was not until about a block later that the two men looked at each other with the same pale face and scared eyes.

7.  Wile at home one day Mr. Utterson receives a visit from Poole Dr. Jekyll's servant. He says that there is something terribly wrong with Dr. Jekyll and he is very scared. He then asks for Mr. Utterson to come and see him at his home. When the two men walk into the house all of Dr. Jekyll's servants are huddled together and they give a sigh of relief when seeing Mr. Utterson. Poole takes Utterson to the cabinet where he believes Dr. Jekyll is. When asking to see Mr. Utterson "Dr. Jekyll" says he will not see anyone, but it is clearly not the Dr's voice. The men leave and Poole explains that he has been in there for a long time and when he saw him run to the cabinet it did not seem like his master. He said it looked like a deformed creature with a mask on. Immediately after describing him the two come to terms that they do not think it is Dr. Jekyll in the closet they believe that it is Mr. Hyde and that he has murdered the Dr. and is still in the cabinet. Before deciding on anything Poole describes that the Dr. wrote letter secret letters and gives two of them to Mr. Utterson to take a look at. They then put a plan together to break into the cabinet and see exactly what is going on. Once they break in they see only what appears to be Mr. Hyde dead on the floor. They search the entire house looking for Dr. Jekyll and do not find him anywhere. Mr. Utterson returns home to take a look at the letters and tells Poole that he will be back in the morning and he should call the police then.

Quotes:

1. "..and sitting close beside it, taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr. Jekyll."

- I chose this quote one because of the way the author describes the way in which Dr. Jekyll is seen how you can paint an image in your head of a tired struggling man that is passionately sad. And second because of how he says that the Dr. is like a prisoner which he is most definitely a prisoner of himself and of what he must hide from the world.

2. "But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below."

- This quote is a great example of the first personal experience with Mr. Utterson and Dr. Jekyll that really show that both the Dr. and Mr. Hyde are one in the same.

Questions:

1. Is the only reason why no one thinks that the Dr. and Mr. Hyde are the same person because they look so different?

2. What do the men think when they see how Dr. Jekyll acts in the window?

3. Is there a chance they think that the Dr. could be Mr. Hyde as well even though they look so different?

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Summary Chapters 1-4

1. A Mr. Utterson is introduced to the story at the very beginning, he is a lawyer, keeps to himself, and a great friend. One of Mr. Utterson's good friends is then introduced as well his name is Mr. Enfield they both take walks everyday and it is said they have nothing in common and wile on their walks do not say a word to each other and yet make sure they are not to be disturbed. Wile walking through a quite part of town they come across a house or more importantly a door, it is at this point in which Mr. Enfield proceeds to tell a story of a man who runs over a small child and in return gets badgered by the child's mother and other witnesses including Mr. Enfield. The man gives up 100 pounds for his error and leads the angry onlookers to that house and writes a check for the money and signs it as Mr. Hyde. It is said that no one ever goes in or out of the house.

2. Mr. Utterson goes home and pulls out Dr. Jekyll's will and reads through it and sees that everything he owns would go directly to a Mr. Hyde who he has never seen before and has just currently heard of. Mr. Utterson then visits his friend Dr. Lanyon who was also a friend of Dr. Jekyll to see if he has any information on Mr. Hyde but fails to get anywhere. He then proceeds to spy on the house that Mr. Hyde supposedly lives in. Finally one day he catches him on his way into his house and speaks with him. The next day he visits Dr. Jekyll's house and coincidentally sees Mr. Hyde there sneaking around the back wile Dr. Jekyll is not home. Mr Utterson goes on to believe that Mr. Hyde is stealing from Dr. Jekyll unwilling to wait for him to pass on.

3. A fort night later Mr. Utterson eat dinner with Dr. Jekyll and others and stayed late to talk to him about his will. Once Mr. Hyde is brought up the Dr. gets somewhat offended and suggests dropping the topic. He goes on to say that he is in a very strange situation that can not be spoken of. The Dr. insists Mr. Utterson promises to abide by the will and give everything to Mr. Hyde if he ever passes and Mr. Utterson promises him.

4. One year goes by and out of no where a maid witnesses a very ugly man who is found to be Hyde murder one of Mr. Utterson's clients. He investigates the murder and searches Hyde's apartment but does not find him however he does find the weapon used for the murder as well as a checkbook. Hyde is gone even after weeks go by.

Quotes:

1. "'Hyde?' repeated Lanyon. 'No. Never heard of him. Since my time.'"

I chose this quote because it is so suspicious to me that someone fairly close to Dr. Jekyll has never even heard of the man that according to the will would get all of Dr. Jekyll's possessions.

2. "I saw Mr. Hyde go in by the old dissecting room door, Poole,' he said. 'Is that right, when Dr. Jekyll is from home?"

I find this quote interesting because it seems as if the butler is not even aware that another man is protruding around his masters home as if the man lived there.

Questions:

1. Why does Mr. Hyde run of the small child in the beginning of chapter one?

2. Why doesn't Mr. Utterson question Dr. Jekyll's reaction to the topic of Mr. Hyde?