First off, I thought it was interesting that Jonathan Harker couldn’t locate the exact location of Count Dracula’s castle on any of the maps that he viewed. This set the mood of the novel for me. I think the author, Bram Stoker, put in little hints of “horror” to set the tone for the rest of the novel.
Being that I have not read nor seen Dracula, I thought the first chapter was very intriguing. Whenever the topic of Count Dracula came about it seemed as if everyone in the novel deemed him to be something bad; he’s almost like a curse. There was even a point in which Harker was given a crucifix as a source of protection from evil. At first, I thought the lady was being dramatic.
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He brushed it off. I was thinking to myself, “Hello? Don’t you see the signs telling you not to continue your journey?! Like c’mon!”
The chapters reminded me of a typical horror movie. The audience can see the traps ahead, but the character him/herself cannot. It’s like walking through a noisy dark alley; you know there are dangers ahead but you still continue to walk towards the end of the alley to find the sound. By the time Harker is able to put two and two together it’s already too late. This novel made me mad in the sense of Harker’s character. The important events and signs were delayed in his mind. I feel as if the author wrote his book this way in order to get the reader to dive deep into the text. Unlike The Woman Warrior, in my opinion this novel was not straightforward to begin with. For Dracula, it’s a journey and not a recap of how one got to the place that they are in now.
As the novel progresses through Chapter 4, I saw how the author is going to structure the rest of the novel apart from the roller coaster dimensions. It starts like this: Harker talks to the count, then reports the convo, then re acts to the situation; it’s like a cause and effect
Being that I have not read nor seen Dracula, I thought the first chapter was very intriguing. Whenever the topic of Count Dracula came about it seemed as if everyone in the novel deemed him to be something bad; he’s almost like a curse. There was even a point in which Harker was given a crucifix as a source of protection from evil. At first, I thought the lady was being dramatic.
However, once May 5, the eve of St. George’s Day, arrived …show more content…
He brushed it off. I was thinking to myself, “Hello? Don’t you see the signs telling you not to continue your journey?! Like c’mon!”
The chapters reminded me of a typical horror movie. The audience can see the traps ahead, but the character him/herself cannot. It’s like walking through a noisy dark alley; you know there are dangers ahead but you still continue to walk towards the end of the alley to find the sound. By the time Harker is able to put two and two together it’s already too late. This novel made me mad in the sense of Harker’s character. The important events and signs were delayed in his mind. I feel as if the author wrote his book this way in order to get the reader to dive deep into the text. Unlike The Woman Warrior, in my opinion this novel was not straightforward to begin with. For Dracula, it’s a journey and not a recap of how one got to the place that they are in now.
As the novel progresses through Chapter 4, I saw how the author is going to structure the rest of the novel apart from the roller coaster dimensions. It starts like this: Harker talks to the count, then reports the convo, then re acts to the situation; it’s like a cause and effect