Character/Theme

The character in the book who I am most drawn to is Dr.Jekyll. I chose Dr.Jekyll because it seems like he is always doing something secret. That is probably why he doesn't let people in his house sometimes and I think he is doing something in his laboratory that he doesn't want anyone else to know about. The theme Stevenson might have been trying to show is that you shouldn't keep big secrets to your closest friends. Also to me Dr.Jekyll is a suspicious man and he makes the book mysterious!

"Story of the Door" Reaction

There are a few memorable moments from the chapter "Story of the Door" in the book The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde. In this chapter my most memorable moment would be Mr.Enfield`s story. This moment made me visualize as he kept telling the story. The story made me think about many things such as how a person can just trample someone and doesn't  even notice and still keep walking. In some other moments there were some parts where the story completely lost me and didn't make any sense anymore. Going back to the articles this moment makes me think about "Mental illness in the 19th Century". That moment made me think about this because only a mentally ill person can get bumped into another person and then just walk right over them even if there screaming. I`m not really sure about the theme at this moment of the story, but it can go with the article of "Mental illness in the 19th Century" because of the person walking on the girl.

Mental illness in the 19th Century

I read "mental Illness in the 19th Century" which was about insanity. The people blamed mental illness on witchcraft and demonic possession, and the mentally ill were often imprisoned or remained untreated at home. Beginning in the late eighteenth century Moral Treatment had become the school of treatment in the United States. Moral Treatment hypothesized that insanity was caused by brain damage from outward influences on the soft and fragile brain. Many believed that alcoholism and masturbation, could lead to madness. By the 1880s greater oversight and medical standards for asylums were implemented, by using “rest cures” and treatment using static electricity.