Graphic novel and Scene Description

The second portion of the graphic novel: The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is more to my liking than the first part. The reason is the way that images are used more fluently to tell the story of what is happening., Like I had said in my previous post that, to me makes something better,  Because it gives the reader (or viewer since pictures are seen) the ability to think for himself and be able to understand the picture. This makes the graphic that much more intense. One of the things that I noticed was the way that a ghost was used to portray Dr. Jekyll. This was my favorite part since we were able to see how Dr. Jekyll science had advance. He said he was able to have reached the mystic and transcendental. This part made me smirk because it was just cool to see how he was able to achieve that. However I did understand that it was just a book and it was not real. Imagery is a very important part of the graphic novel and it gives it that extra touch to make the reader more enthusiastic about the novel. All of the images are very descriptive with how they are represented and are able to show exactly what they are trying to tell the reader. Some of my favorite scenes come from the part where he has to start putting his pleasures aside so he started to conceal, since we are actually able to see that Hyde Is affected by the thought of Intercourse. It is very enticing even though it is only 5 slides you can say, it depicts the sadness and anguish that this brought to Jekyll. I think the part that the reader gets the most is when he says that years later he had realized he was leading a double life. This is that part that even caught me in the graphic Novel. Another aspect and picture that I liked was when it talks about how Hyde likes himself when he sees himself in the mirror, which shows how the evil is taking over, especially when we see his malicious pleasures come to life when he kills the woman and leaves her lying on the ground covered in her blood. Which in comparison to before he actually wanted to be with a woman and it is shown how much he does. I think anything changes just makes the novel look good, since it just emphasizes how strongly images can make such an amazing novel just like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

The image i chose was the last one shown in the graphic Novel. I think this is the best way to end it since we see the pain in the face of Hyde. How empty he is now, since Jekyll has lost complete control and it is Hyde now. No longer Jekyll being able to suppress him. I think it is amazing how the image is conveyed and the detail that it gives off on how the feeling of pain is seen in the face. This image speaks for itself. I really lie it and it is my favorite out of the whole Graphic Novel.

Graphic Novel Response and Scene Description

There aren’t that many differences when it comes down to the novel and the Graphic novel of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One of the main is the difference between the drawings. The drawings in the graphic novel, well to me, add a feeling of actually being in the scene. When i read the novel the beginning where it talks about Mr. Hyde, it describes him yes, but when you read the graphic novel and it put a picture to the face. That is one of the differences I like the most, especially since I am not that much of a reader myself. I enjoy when something is in the form of a comic book. To me that is pretty much the only difference that I noticed. Besides how much suspense the graphic novel brings because the colors that it has. When you look at grey black and white, it just makes things seem creepy and eerie.  I think that the changes that it does have are very good, since it sticks to the main story, the fact of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It stays the same, no other characters are added and the plot of the story does not change which makes the novel and the graphic novel almost as good as each other. One of the things that made the novel so much better was one of the differences, which were the drawings. The drawings add an effect that just reading can, it shows you the images that are describe. But I think that if you do not read the book you wouldn’t understand the novel to an extent where the novel readers could pick out the details on a character like Jekyll, or Utterson. Looking throughout the book I think what adds the best feature to the graphic novel is the way that there are pictures that do not have any writing on them. They are just a picture I think that is what causes and invokes more of a suspenseful feeling, because it gives you the reader more of a chance to let you think of what will happen in this scene. Or it can also be a way that can make someone think hard about the scene and try to distinguish what is happening. It actually is such a good thing because the novel just tells you directly what to think and with the graphic novel, your mind can actually create something by just seeing the images portrayed.

The scene I chose was when Mr. Jekyll pins down the girl in the street. I see this image very powerful. It shows how Jekyll does not pity anyone or care who you are and this obviously shows how Jekyll really is. He is a cruel man, and this shows him off perfectly because he has her pinned in a corner, and she is a helpless girl, the way the author of the graphic novel drew the picture, invoked a sense of fear, to tell everyone who is reading the graphic novel that Jekyll does not care what so ever. The way the scene is set up also makes it that much more enticing. Since it is black and white, of course that adds the eerie effect and how he has his foot on her, makes it seem like he is in control. The picture is very well drawn and enhances the scene that is portrayed in the novel. Well at least in my perspective.

Scholarly Article

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This article focuses on the sexual identity that is portrayed within the book. it can be argued to see if either Jekyll or Hyde's sexual orientation is put into questioning during this book.It actually comes well when you actually think about the characters.

Summaries for Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde chapters 8-10

In chapter 8 of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde it begin with Jekyll's butler going to meet Utterson and telling him that there had been some foul play on Dr. Jekyll's part. The Utterson goes to visit him and hears a voice in Jekyll's laboratory but it doesn't sound like Jekyll. The voice tells the butler he is not receiving visitors.Utterson and the butler continued talking and the butler told him how the mysterious voice would send him on errands. The man then comes up to get something but when they see him they notice the man has a disease that changes his voice and his facial features.The butler declares that the man looks like Mr. Hyde. Hearing this utterson wants to break into the lab, and hearing and recognizing Hyde's voice he orders the butler to bring it down. When they open they find Hyde's body on the floor with a vile in his hand, he had poisoned himself. then they find ome items for Utterson, the first is a will that replaces Hyde's name with uttersons the second is a note for Utterson that was up to date. This cause  confusion because he thought Hyde had died from suicide but maybe it could have been Jekyll. The third item was a sealed packet, and with that Utterson retreated to his home, but promised the butler he would be back.

In Chapter 9 Utterson goes home to read the note Lanyon left for him said he said Jekyll had sent him a letter after the first dinner party to break into Jekyll's house and go into the laboratory and to remove a drawer. So Lanyon went with a locksmith to open it. When they opened it, Lanyon found several vials, one containing what seemed to be salt and another holding a peculiar red liquid. The drawer also contained a notebook recording what seemed to be years of experiments, with little notations such as “double” or “total failure”. Then Hyde, as promised, appeared and showed Lanyon a medicine that was the cause of of Hyde being Jekyll and vice versa. Then he told lanyon that he was going to die even though it completely changed and helped his appearance.

In Chapter 10, Dr Jekyll explains what happened from his point of view. He claims that he always wantedto find a way to separate his good, public self from the side of him that wanted to be free todo whatever it wanted. He says that he used to be an ‘ordinary, secret sinner’, but when he found a way to separate his two sides he was able to indulge his desires as Mr Hyde.He claims that he was free of the responsibility of his actions. After Mr Hyde kills  Carew he manages to resist taking the potion, but eventually succumbs to temptation  and takes the potion again. Mr Hyde begins to take over Dr Jekyll he needs larger and larger doses of the potion in order to become Dr Jekyll again. Eventually the potion runs out and he is unable to make a new batch. Hyde kills himself maybe because he feared being hanged for the murder of Carew, although this is not entirely clear. By  the end of the letter Utterson understand that Dr. Jekyll will no longer be there since Hyde had taken over by becoming stronger without the potion. 

"Men have before hired bravos to transact their crimes, while their own person and reputation sat under shelter."

I like this quote because it shows how things really are and how people are actually fearful to doing their own wrong doings.

" The bargain might appear unequal"

I like what this says because at this point Jekyll's bargain with Hyde is uneven since Hyde is taking control.

Can someone overcome the evil within?

What is what cause Hyde to beocme more powerful than Jekyll?

Scholarly Article

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Since my main focus is Good and Evil this will go in perfectly. Mainly the message that it convey is if you practice evil, you will become it. And sadly that is the case, it will be useful for me since it will state the reason for evil being a choice within my essay.

Summaries for Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde chapters 5-7

Where we last left off in chapter 4 the search for Hyde began, and in Chapter 5 the search continued. Utterson is told by Mr. Jekyll that his relationship with Mr. Hyde has officially ended. He assures the police will not be able to find him as well. Mr. Jekyll then shows a letter to Utterson. The letter explains how Mr. Hyde is trying to escape and how Jekyll should not worry about him since he is not worthy of Jekyll's generosity.After reading Utterson takes into consideration and tells Jekyll that Hyde might have intended to murder him, be he got safely away. On his way out from Jekyll's place, Utterson runs into the butler and learns that there has not been any incoming mail. After that Utterson consults his clerk, an expert in handwriting, he tells Utterson that the writings are almost the same, just one slants the other way, This make Utterson think that Jekyll forged a letter for a murderer.
In Chapter 6 we begin to see that Jekyll is seemingly looking better and now helping in charities, the disappearance of the evil of Hyde presence has caused a good effect on Jekyll's life. Jekyll throws a party, but as soon as Lanyon and Utterson want to speak alone with him, the butler says Jekyll is not taking visitors, this continues for a week or so. Then Utterson visits lanyon only to find that he is going to die in a few weeks, but mainly does not want to talk about Jekyll, and tells Utterson that he will find the truth once he passes. Utterson writes to Jekyll explaining the issue at hand, Jekyll replies saying he still cares for them as dear friends, then continues saying he will be in seclusion since he is on punishment for a crime he cannot name. A few weeks later Lanyon dies, he looked in a safe and found a letter that Lanyon had for Utterson, but inside was another letter that was to be opened when Jekyll died.
In Chapter 7 the next week Utterson and Enfield are taking their regular stroll,passing the door where Enfield saw Hyde, they begin to talk about the murder, and how Hyde will never return to London. Enfield came to a conclusion that the laboratory and Jekyll's house are linked physically. When the men peep into the window they find Jekyll there and he says eh feels very low. Then men ask him if he would like to take their walk with them, he refuses. Then a look of terror strings up from Jekyll and he closes the window, both Utterson and Enfield leave in a frightened silence

"After i am dead, you might come to learn the right and wrong of this"
A lot of people have realizations once someone dies and understand the reason why something is the way it is.

" You seem pretty sure of him"
When don't we as people think we know someone so much, and even in books people seem to create the same mistake.

What happens when someone realizes they committed evil?

Why would someone cover an evil for someone who deserves to be punished? The concept of Love.

Scholarly Article

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This article could help me because once of the topics on my essay for this sincei am trying to write an essay abou the good an evil in humanity and how it is not something that we are born with but with a path that we choose. And this article talks about the and we could see how Hyde decides to do evil even though he could be good.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde summaries

The book Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde starts of with Mr.Utterson a wealthy, London lawyer. Which is very well kept to himself. But whenever his friends do need him he is always there. One of his close friends is Mr.Enifield, he is a distant relative of Mr. Utterson. both of these men have very little in common, but on weekly basis they take a walk together. While on their walk they come across a building, it seems like it does not belong there. Then while there, Enfield tells Utterson a story about the house. Utterson, being curious asks many questions about what had happen, and his question are answered starting with the mans ugliness, but then Utterson states that he knows who the man is, but then they agree to never talk about it again.

In the second chapter it starts with Utterson studying a will from his friend Dr. Jekyll, it states to give al of his things to Mr. Edward Hyde.Later that night, Utterson is haunted by nightmares in which a faceless man runs down a small child and in which the same terrifying, faceless figure stands beside Jekyll’s bed and commands him to rise. Utterson began to spend time around the building where Enfield had seen Hyde go in, and wanted to catch a glimpse of Hyde. Utterson meets Hyde which is something very important. but when he does meet Hyde he has his head facing down but then Utterson asks to see it. When he does he see it, he is scared and apaled at how ugly it was. We find out that the rundown building is the laboratory of jekyll, even though it is frequently visited by Hyde.

In the Third chapter, Jekyll throws a party, Utterson decides to stay late just so Dr. Jekyll and him could speak. He tells him about Young Hyde and how he is learning about him. He tells him that the situation with Hyde is exceptional and cannot be solved. He then tells Utterson that his desire to provide for Hyde will continue, but yet he will carry out his will.

In Chapter Four after about a year it begins with a maid seeing a murder in the window , during the morning, she said that a small evil looking man who she recognized as Mr. Hyde. The police then find a letter on the body for Utterson and the call him. When they look for him, the police find the murder weapon and the burned remains of Hyde' s checkbook. The police find that Hyde's account in the bank is still open. When the investigation continues no one can give an accurate description of Hyde, even thouugh they had seen him.

"His friends were his own blood, or those who he had know for the longest."

I like this quote because it applies to me, it shows exactly the person that i am, i don't like making friends whom will be able to turn their backs on me, with no problem.

"My mind misgives me he is in deep waters."

I like this quote because it shows how he is struggling with this, and how he see that Mr. Jekyll is troubled at this point or well he thinks.

Is the whole story dedicated to the case involving Mr. Utterson? 

Does the reason for Hyde being evil come to light? Good vs. Evil is is it something you are born with?

Application 143

1. The person in the poem moves his hands with the peace sign motion and also does other gestures with his fingers as well as the movement with his hands. Towards the end he raises his "Black Fist" which could be seen as the Black power slogan picture.

2. We learn that even though he cannot speak that he does what he has to do to get his point across, and still fights the cause by showing what the believes. He does what he does because of the issue of equality and that what he wants, he wants to get rid of apartheid. He gets put in Jail and its important to him because he has to fight against apartheid.

3.Well in a regular prison speaking is fine but yet people don't communicate the important things and gestures like the ones the man uses in south Africa, work perfectly to get his point across there. It makes everything more visual because hes showing what he talking about.

4. i feel that it is very strong represented with the hand gestures. It makes me feel like this man cares to get rid of apartheid and gives me a sense of happiness. Yes i have, when i see how people try so hard and don't care what the consequence is but they are trying to make something better, that brings happiness to me.

5.The hand of freedom. Since it mainly revolves around the mans hand and he wants to get rid of apartheid. Yes i do because it speaks about freedom which is what apartheid prevented.