Ms. Nielsen
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3 May 2012
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Hola! Kurt Blankenheim here again for my second blog on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I have now read from where I left off which was chapter five, thru chapter seven. The book has really been getting a lot better as I have continued to read! Once again the author of this book is Louis Stevenson. The setting is in London, England. This book was written in 1885 and is still very mysterious! I never know what is going to happen next. It is all a big mystery. I'm pretty sure there will still have to be something big going on with this very weird murderer case. I don't know for sure but there are plenty of things that are foreshadowing what might come. It still bothers me about who is the murderer because the novel still hasn't told me yet! But since its just now getting into the next few parts I'm hoping to find out who is the murderer and why they wanted to do it. Hopefully the book keeps on getting even more suspicious!
The protagonist is Henry Jekyll. He is a doctor, and everyone enjoys him. He likes to do many experiments. There's also Mr. Utterson who is a strong lawyer. Then there's Mr. Edward who is a very weird man who is always mean and violent. Based on knowing that about this character I have a feeling that he might be a "murderer." There's Mr. Enfield who is the cousin of Mr. Utterson. Then lastly there is Dr. Lanyon who is also another doctor. She used to be one of Jekyll's best friends but has become an antagonist because of jealousy. So where I left off was when the murder had just taken place. The only witness was this maid working at a house and saw just a little of what was going on. She couldn't tell for sure because is was about two o'clock in the morning. That's why she was the only witness she had to do her job as a maid at night while the people of that house were sleeping. She thinks she just might know who the man is. She describes him as being "evil, aged, small, and aggressive." She soon realizes that it is most likely Mr. Hyde. She knows him by seeing him from around town before and says that it was him! However, she has no clue who the victim was. So the police come, and they identify the body as Sir Danvers Carew, who is a member of the England Parliament. they also find a letter that says "To Mr. Utterson." But when Mr. Utterson arrives at the scene he is filled with shock. He doesn't understand why he would murder a man of the parliament when Hyde told him it was going to be Dr. Jekyll. He still is surprised! The police then talk with the maid about it probably being Mr. Hyde as the murderer. So the police then decide to visit Mr. Hyde's house. Mr. Hyde acts like he has no idea what has been going on. The only sign of him possibly being a murderer that the police found was a murder-weapon in his checkbook. So with so little evidence the police know where his bank account is, so they assume that if he is the murderer he will have to go to the bank soon, because that's where he left his weapon, in his checkbook. Then what I just now have been getting to is starting off all about Mr. Utterson. The narrator keeps on mentioning how much Mr. Utterson wants to know about this murderer case. I think he's going to have a very important role in the next few chapters, because the author values this character very high. He quickly blames Dr. Jekyll for the assassination and believes he had planned it all out. He kinda becomes this A.K.A. detective and wants to find out more between the relationship between Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll to see what they have in common, and who's more likely to commit the crime. So Mr. Utterson becomes very annoyed that he doesn't know who has done this crime. He starts getting really confused and doesn't know who to blame anymore. So one day he decides to go to bed, except that night he had major nightmares telling him that Hyde was the assassin. In his terrible dream he had pictured the setting in London, England (his home town) and saw Mr. Hyde completely killing everyone he sees. Mr. hyde was going insane in this dream! Hyde has been killing hundreds of lives and was committing the worse terrorist attacks imaginable! Mr. Utterson finally awakes in huge relief! When he does wake up,it soon gives him a second thought about Mr. Hyde being the murderer. He soon starts to realize how much power Hyde has and how he has the means to do it. However, he is still really confused to on who's to blame. So Mr. Utterson still wants to know more so he talks with some people of the town about Mr. Hyde and his relationship with Dr. Jekyll. He soon discovers that there isn't really any too much of any relationship. He describes their relationship as being fast and short talk with one another. They don't wish to talk or see each other longer than they have to, unless it is business talk. This soon angers Mr. Utterson even more because yet at the end of chapter five he still isn't able to find out who commited this crime, and it still remains as a mystery, but with more clues.
As chapter six begins, there still is no citation of Mr. Hyde anywhere in the town. As Mr. Hyde starts to loose his face in the town, the complete opposite starts for Dr. Jekyll. He now is coming out and is always now willing to talk with every person in town and meet new people. Dr. Jekyll came out of now where and now is extremely optimistic! A couple months later, Dr. Jekyll decides to host another one of these dinner parties, however this time with only his two old friends Dr. Lanyon and Mr. Utterson. This really surprised me that this situation would come up, especially Mr. Utterson, who's dying to know everything! However, nothing from Mr. Utterson ever comes up about the murderer, even though he really wanted to ask. So a few days goes by, and Mr. Utterson decides to telephone Dr. Jekyll. The phone rings and rings and finally Mr. Poole (Dr. Jekyll's butler) picks up. Poole tells Mr. Utterson that Dr. Jekyll wishes not to speak to any visitors. Mr Utterson now has second thoughts this time about Dr. Jekyll now, as to why he wouldn't want to talk with anyone. This made me think that this story is getting even better because right when I think I know who did it, something else comes up again! I honestly don't know who I think committed this crime now! So about a week later the same thing happens again, except this time Mr. Utterson decides to go to Dr. Lanyon's house, since she was a very old friend of Dr. Jekyll. When he finds Dr. Laynon in his house, he is VERY ill and looks like a complete mess! He soon tells Mr. Utterson he doesn't wish to talk long, because he's expected to die with in a matter of weeks. However, he does tell Mr. Utterson that Dr. Jekyll is also becoming very sick as well. So this makes me wonder if that was really the reason why Dr. Jekyll couldn't talk or if he was lying. He claims he won't tell Utterson anything because he's "supposed to know after his own death." I think this makes no sense at all! How is he going to know who and why this person did this assassination after Dr. Lanyon dies soon? So Dr. Lanyon demands him to leave after giving him all of that information. So immediately when Mr. Utterson gets home, he can't take it anymore he has to find out what's wrong with Dr. Jekyll. It is kinda a battle right now against Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll as to who committed it. Utterson asks in the letter addressed to Dr. Jekyll: "Why didn't you wwant to talk with me on the phone?" He also asks: "What ever happened to his relationship with Dr. Lanyon and why he doesnt like him anymore?" Surprisingly, Dr. Jekyll does reply quickly stating that he still care about Dr. Lanyon and everyone in the town just as much. However, possibly one of the most important statements made by him was: "I no longer wish to see or talk with anyone for the rest of my life." This caught me dumbfounded because thats a huge piece of evidence for making Dr. Jekyll the logic suspect! utterson just can't get anymore confused! He keeps on getting more upset by the page! However, just as Lanyon said that he would die soon, he does about a week later. Probably thee most important part of this novel so far had just happened that day. Mr Utterson had found this letter Dr. Lanyon had left him, when he was to die. It soon made sense! That's the name of the chapter! However, Mr. Utterson hasn't opened the envelope because he wants to read it in privacy in a week or so by himself. As the week goes on he tries once again to call Dr. Jekyll but this time over and over again not even the butler will pick up. I can't wait to see what happens in the next chapter and if Mr. Utterson ends up reading the note! It sounds so exciting to know! I can't even imagine what that letter could possibly say!
In this very short chapter, chapter seven is still a very important chapter in this book! The chapter starts off as Mr. Enfield and Mr. Utterson taking a walk in town and talking about the murder case. They both come to an agreement that they both think it is most likely to be Mr. Hyde. They soon walk past Dr. Jekyll's house and peek in thru the windows. For some strange reason they find Dr. Jekyll on the other side of the window! Jekyll tells the two men that he isn't feeling well. But they invite Dr. Jekyll to join their walk with them. However, Dr. Jekyll tells them he can't, and that he cannot be leaving his house. This is very, very, very mysterious! The chapter the ends by Dr. Jekyll quickly slamming the window shut and runs off into his house and is never again seen in the chapter. This creates a new talk for Utterson and Enfield because it was quite spooky when he just all of sudden he just ran off into the middle of no where! I think that was the most creepiest part in this novel because I for sure didn't see that coming at all! It will be interesting to see where this takes the story in the last three chapters!
So yes I do like this book so far. It is a really cool mystery and very mysterious. It will be interesting to see what happens next! It is a very interesting story! I think that Mr. Hyde will probably end up being the murderer. I think the author wrote this book to teach readers more about crime scenes and how to solve them. I think that he wanted to inspire the readers of the book to become like involved with crime scenes when they get older. I think the best character I like is Dr. Jekyll because of the relationship between him and Dr. Lanyon. It is still a huge mystery because of their recent arguments. I'm still wondering about him and what is going to be his role in the book. He hasn't done much yet, but everyone is talking about him so he must become important at some point. I hope he will help solve the crime or do something heroic! At the beginning he didn't say much or talk with anyone besides Dr. Lanyon, but he now has already changed by not being friends with Dr. Lanyon and starting to talk with Mr. Utterson more. There might be a good relationship. That's probably also why the author wrote this book to teach kids to have more friends. That's the biggest theme so far is trying to make friends and keep them.
When reading the book, I felt like I still needed to know more about Mr. Hyde. So I went back to reread to see what he was like. I thought it was important to reread so I could fully understand who the possible murderer is. I mostly forgot what he looked like, so I found this awesome quote that describes all about him: “He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point. He’s an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No, sir; I can make no hand of it; I can’t describe him. And it’s not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment.”
As chapter six begins, there still is no citation of Mr. Hyde anywhere in the town. As Mr. Hyde starts to loose his face in the town, the complete opposite starts for Dr. Jekyll. He now is coming out and is always now willing to talk with every person in town and meet new people. Dr. Jekyll came out of now where and now is extremely optimistic! A couple months later, Dr. Jekyll decides to host another one of these dinner parties, however this time with only his two old friends Dr. Lanyon and Mr. Utterson. This really surprised me that this situation would come up, especially Mr. Utterson, who's dying to know everything! However, nothing from Mr. Utterson ever comes up about the murderer, even though he really wanted to ask. So a few days goes by, and Mr. Utterson decides to telephone Dr. Jekyll. The phone rings and rings and finally Mr. Poole (Dr. Jekyll's butler) picks up. Poole tells Mr. Utterson that Dr. Jekyll wishes not to speak to any visitors. Mr Utterson now has second thoughts this time about Dr. Jekyll now, as to why he wouldn't want to talk with anyone. This made me think that this story is getting even better because right when I think I know who did it, something else comes up again! I honestly don't know who I think committed this crime now! So about a week later the same thing happens again, except this time Mr. Utterson decides to go to Dr. Lanyon's house, since she was a very old friend of Dr. Jekyll. When he finds Dr. Laynon in his house, he is VERY ill and looks like a complete mess! He soon tells Mr. Utterson he doesn't wish to talk long, because he's expected to die with in a matter of weeks. However, he does tell Mr. Utterson that Dr. Jekyll is also becoming very sick as well. So this makes me wonder if that was really the reason why Dr. Jekyll couldn't talk or if he was lying. He claims he won't tell Utterson anything because he's "supposed to know after his own death." I think this makes no sense at all! How is he going to know who and why this person did this assassination after Dr. Lanyon dies soon? So Dr. Lanyon demands him to leave after giving him all of that information. So immediately when Mr. Utterson gets home, he can't take it anymore he has to find out what's wrong with Dr. Jekyll. It is kinda a battle right now against Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll as to who committed it. Utterson asks in the letter addressed to Dr. Jekyll: "Why didn't you wwant to talk with me on the phone?" He also asks: "What ever happened to his relationship with Dr. Lanyon and why he doesnt like him anymore?" Surprisingly, Dr. Jekyll does reply quickly stating that he still care about Dr. Lanyon and everyone in the town just as much. However, possibly one of the most important statements made by him was: "I no longer wish to see or talk with anyone for the rest of my life." This caught me dumbfounded because thats a huge piece of evidence for making Dr. Jekyll the logic suspect! utterson just can't get anymore confused! He keeps on getting more upset by the page! However, just as Lanyon said that he would die soon, he does about a week later. Probably thee most important part of this novel so far had just happened that day. Mr Utterson had found this letter Dr. Lanyon had left him, when he was to die. It soon made sense! That's the name of the chapter! However, Mr. Utterson hasn't opened the envelope because he wants to read it in privacy in a week or so by himself. As the week goes on he tries once again to call Dr. Jekyll but this time over and over again not even the butler will pick up. I can't wait to see what happens in the next chapter and if Mr. Utterson ends up reading the note! It sounds so exciting to know! I can't even imagine what that letter could possibly say!
In this very short chapter, chapter seven is still a very important chapter in this book! The chapter starts off as Mr. Enfield and Mr. Utterson taking a walk in town and talking about the murder case. They both come to an agreement that they both think it is most likely to be Mr. Hyde. They soon walk past Dr. Jekyll's house and peek in thru the windows. For some strange reason they find Dr. Jekyll on the other side of the window! Jekyll tells the two men that he isn't feeling well. But they invite Dr. Jekyll to join their walk with them. However, Dr. Jekyll tells them he can't, and that he cannot be leaving his house. This is very, very, very mysterious! The chapter the ends by Dr. Jekyll quickly slamming the window shut and runs off into his house and is never again seen in the chapter. This creates a new talk for Utterson and Enfield because it was quite spooky when he just all of sudden he just ran off into the middle of no where! I think that was the most creepiest part in this novel because I for sure didn't see that coming at all! It will be interesting to see where this takes the story in the last three chapters!
So yes I do like this book so far. It is a really cool mystery and very mysterious. It will be interesting to see what happens next! It is a very interesting story! I think that Mr. Hyde will probably end up being the murderer. I think the author wrote this book to teach readers more about crime scenes and how to solve them. I think that he wanted to inspire the readers of the book to become like involved with crime scenes when they get older. I think the best character I like is Dr. Jekyll because of the relationship between him and Dr. Lanyon. It is still a huge mystery because of their recent arguments. I'm still wondering about him and what is going to be his role in the book. He hasn't done much yet, but everyone is talking about him so he must become important at some point. I hope he will help solve the crime or do something heroic! At the beginning he didn't say much or talk with anyone besides Dr. Lanyon, but he now has already changed by not being friends with Dr. Lanyon and starting to talk with Mr. Utterson more. There might be a good relationship. That's probably also why the author wrote this book to teach kids to have more friends. That's the biggest theme so far is trying to make friends and keep them.
When reading the book, I felt like I still needed to know more about Mr. Hyde. So I went back to reread to see what he was like. I thought it was important to reread so I could fully understand who the possible murderer is. I mostly forgot what he looked like, so I found this awesome quote that describes all about him: “He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point. He’s an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No, sir; I can make no hand of it; I can’t describe him. And it’s not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment.”
This quote was said by Mr. Enfield who saw him one night out his window. This now gave me a way better understanding of this man and why he might look like an assassin. I think that based on that quote that makes him very creepy and scary! I hope that gives you a better understanding of who the possible murderer could be. A few questions I would still have about this novel so far would be one who is the murderer? Another is why would someone want to kill a man of the Parliament? Then when is Dr. Jekyll going to get more involved in the story? I hope all of these questions get answered soon so I get to know more about the book! This book just keeps getting better and better! I'm now going to go back and start reading again until next time..............
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Wow Kurt!!! Sounds like an interesting story!!!
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