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 * Journal Entry #2

__ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde __**
 * Robert Louis Stevenson **

Things that got added to the original problem in the story were; Mr. Utterson goes to visit Dr. Layton and he realizes that he didn’t have anything to do with Dr. Jekyll since he was involved in a science procedure that Dr. Layton seemed to not want anything to do with. Mr. Utterson asks Dr. Layton about Mr. Hyde but he had never heard of him before. This made Mr. Utterson think about Dr. Jekylls “will”. Mr. Utterson was confused because he didn’t understand why Dr. Jekyll would give Mr. Hyde everything that he ever owned. This is what he is on his mind throughout this part of the Novel.

Mr. Utterson wants to meet Mr. Hyde so he went and stood by the door of his house that Mr. Enfield had told him about, he then introduced himself to Mr. Hyde. The twist of the plot is that Mr. Utterson Is thinking that Mr. Hyde might be an evil man that is black mailing Dr. Jekyll and he is planning to kill Dr. Jekyll, so he would get all of his things. Mr. Hyde is a scary looking man, and according to Mr. Utterson he thinks he is deformed because he is always hunched over. When Mr. Utterson meets him he gets sick from looking at him. Mr. Utterson asks the servant why Mr. Hyde had a key and the servant replied that they all had to obey him.

This novel is mysterious and hard to understand. The words are kind of confusing at times. I wish they would write it in an easier way so that I could understand it better. It seems like it would be a book college kids would be reading. I think the book is for an older person. Not too many students are going to know what the words in this story mean. A couple of the words I even had to look up.

I think that they are trying to get you to figure out what the deal is with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but at the same time it still has Mr. Utterson confused. Mr. Utterson is Dr. Jekylls attorney and is always trying to figure out what his deal is.

There were some new characters introduced as I read on. Dr. Layton is introduced as someone Dr. Jekyll was close to during a science experiment. From what I interpreted they were partners at their work and were working on a huge project. Mr. Utterson talks to Dr. Jekylls butler when he went to his house. His butlers name is Polle, and he knows everything that goes on in the house. Then there was Dr. Jekylls maid that witnessed a murder by Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde escaped and went into hiding at this point in time.

At this point I would say stop reading the novel, because it’s really confusing. It does not interest me at all. It is more frustrating trying to figure the meanings to words than actually reading the story. The plot gets confusing at times, but I manage. Hopefully the further I read it will get easier to read; I could careless at this point really. The only reason the plot gets my attention is because I just want to finish reading the book.