My first thoughts on chapter 3 were disappointing ones. It just seemed to drag the story along, mentioning all these different things happening but not really making anything of them. It just felt like a timeline. I know its in a diary form so the character is not trying to make a story out of it but just merely telling what happened but as stories go it just wasn't that good. The only thing like about this chapter, which overlaps with the next one, is the fact that it does go into the inner thoughts of the character very well. I like the parts where he is questioning himself and asking himself whether he is going mad. Which i suppose is a sign of madness in its own right.
In the next chapter (Chapter 4) i think it is better done as he is then coming to terms with everything going on and finding out all the inner truths that lurk in Dracula's place. Also the reader gets to learn more about the place which Dracula lives.
In the story, Jonathan finds out about Dracula and Dracula knows that he knows whats going on. I find it quite funny that Dracula seems to act mostly normal when in contact with Jonathan almost as if nothing it going on.
My favourite part of these two chapters is the point when the main character sees the three specs in the moonlight which, at first seems very innocent but then it slowly starts to change and then turns into these phantom style things which then makes Jonathan run away in great fear.
Tuesday 29 September 2009
Sunday 27 September 2009
Dracula Book 2nd Chapter
In this second chapter we meet Count Dracula and we do learn a lot about him. But first i will write about the first feelings of this chapter.
There are some more references to the stereotypical Gothic styles, moods and certain visuals. I.e. 'Several dark ways led from it under great round arches.' Then we also see it more when a simple description of a door occurs. 'Great door, old and studded with large iron nails, and set......doorway of massive stone.'
The main thing about this chapter that stays in my mind is Dracula's certain antics and quirks. The way Dracula talks to Johnathan Harker is in a way where its very insistent but polite at the same time. He is obviously trying to make a very good and strong impression upon his visitor. 'Welcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own will!' This is followed by the description of how he greeted them which, if you look at it in detail, could then give hints on how he is later on in the story. It mentions him standing like a statue which could relate to the fact that he has not much life in him, like stone.
Later on, when they dine and Dracula is never seen eating, we get even more hints of what he is like. Questions get raised to the reader such as, Why is he never seen eating? Why is he out during the day? Why is he not seen in a mirrors reflection? What are behind the locked doors? Why does he have such a strong reaction to blood? and Why does he react the way he does to the necklace holding the crucifix?
In my opinion this Chapter has been very important to the reader as it gives a very large insight to what Dracula is like. Its leaves the reader thinking about the various possibilities of what could happen. But we all really know what Dracula is.
There are some more references to the stereotypical Gothic styles, moods and certain visuals. I.e. 'Several dark ways led from it under great round arches.' Then we also see it more when a simple description of a door occurs. 'Great door, old and studded with large iron nails, and set......doorway of massive stone.'
The main thing about this chapter that stays in my mind is Dracula's certain antics and quirks. The way Dracula talks to Johnathan Harker is in a way where its very insistent but polite at the same time. He is obviously trying to make a very good and strong impression upon his visitor. 'Welcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own will!' This is followed by the description of how he greeted them which, if you look at it in detail, could then give hints on how he is later on in the story. It mentions him standing like a statue which could relate to the fact that he has not much life in him, like stone.
Later on, when they dine and Dracula is never seen eating, we get even more hints of what he is like. Questions get raised to the reader such as, Why is he never seen eating? Why is he out during the day? Why is he not seen in a mirrors reflection? What are behind the locked doors? Why does he have such a strong reaction to blood? and Why does he react the way he does to the necklace holding the crucifix?
In my opinion this Chapter has been very important to the reader as it gives a very large insight to what Dracula is like. Its leaves the reader thinking about the various possibilities of what could happen. But we all really know what Dracula is.
Thursday 24 September 2009
Dracula Book 1st Chapter
1st Chapter
The first pre section of the chapter makes this book and story look like an actual event which adds an extra chill to the whole experiance. The author writing that he had just collected these papers and meerly just put them in order makes it an almost real experiance.
The main thing that stands out in this first chapter is that the character Jonathan Harker seems to be just a normal person and that when he arrives in Transylvania there begins to be alot of hints as to what the rest of the story holds. A main example of this is the old mans wife who begins to get upset on the fact that Jonathan is going to meet Count Dracula and start travel on the eve of St Georges Day. "Do you not know that tonight when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?" She is scared for this stranger's saftey, maybe as the myths would suggest that it would not be wise to do this as something could happen.
My first thoughts of this book is that it is chilling and does make you want to read more, partially because of the story line
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