Throughout reading Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde many points of interest caught my eye. "Story of the Door" is a really important chapter in this story, it pretty much sets things in motion for the rest of the book. One thing that really caught my attention while reading this chapter was how Mr.Utterson describes Mr.Hyde to Mr.Enfield.
""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.""
In this passage Mr.Utterson is describing Mr.Hyde. Hes saying that by just looking Mr.Hyde he is able to tell many thing about him. This is very odd to me because I was always taught to "never judge a book by its cover" yet it is seems as thought Mr.Utterson is doing just that. Mr.Utterson keeps saying how deformed and different Mr Hyde looks without exactly being able to describe him accurately. Its a feeling that MrUtterson is having, a knowing that Mr.Hyde is deformed.
Knowing how important manners are in this period of time I'm surprised that Mr.Utterson said anything about Mr.Hyde at all. I would think that, to be polite, Mr.Utterson would just brush it off and say he didn't remember anything about Mr.Hyde. Socially Mr.Utterson was wrong, he was going against what he was taught hiss entire life. It may not seem like a huge deal but back then i meant the world.
I agree with what you said because it seemed like mr. utterson was judging Mr. Hyde by his appereance and also, i think that this chapter had set the character's pseronality aswell. For example. Mr. Hyde was said to be deformed and that showed that there is something wrong about him.
ReplyDeletehi natasha. well when u said that u think that this chapter is very imporrtant ididnt quite understand cause i think every chapter is important cause its filling you up with more information about the book just like if you miss one chapter of the book and read the next one without reading the one before i think that nothing will make sense andyou would be confused. itotally agree with the point you made about never judging a book by its cover . and most people were taught that but i think that 99.9% of the people never follow it. i think that everyone critizies someone at one point of there life dont you think? and also i like how you put a quote from the book as an example and then right after that you back it up with your thoughts very impressive of you. and they all made sense. just in case mrs.fleming cant see my name . my name is irving.
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