Persuasive Argument

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Mr. Hyde has murdered Sir Danvers Carew and should be put in jail. He did a horrible crime and needs to be put away so he doesnt do it again. This man has problems in the mind and we cant take the chance of this happening again. If the victim was someone related to you, you would want him to go to jail under any circumstances. I believe that we should to the right thing and have Mr. Hyde put in jail.

Character/Theme

There are many themes Stevenson might have been trying to convey through out the story. One of them could be about appearance. In the story, when Mr. Hyde is mentioned, Stevenson discribes him as ugly and short and makes him sound like the bad guy. From human nature, we tend to get a first impression about a personand judge. So from the discribtion of Mr. Hyde, you might think of him as evil. Stevenson might be doing this on purpose to show the reader not to judge a person based on his appearance.

"Story of the Door" Reaction

Through out the chapter, "Story of the Door", there were many memorable moments. One that stood out to me is when the man, Mr. Hyde, trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground. As Enfield is telling the story, he said "it wasnt like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut". This moment makes me think that he man who walked over the girls body might have a mental condition because what he did is not normal. The article I read was about mental illness and what the man did reminds me of that article. A theme that might be potentially implied through this moment in the text is that not all people do what is expected.