Classic 101

Good Evening,

I read a lot of books during the summer, I'm going to talk about one of the good ones. This book is called Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the tale of the good doctor who wanted to be an angel without evil.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written by Robert Louis Stevenson, author of such books as Treasure Island and The Merry Men. It was written in the 19th century. Written about the duality of a man and the inner conflict within between good and evil within all of us. Dr. Henry Jekyll was a very good man, a doctor, who never did anything wrong, yet he still felt like a bad human being. He wanted to separate the bad in him so that it would not come out of him ever again, even though it never did. But the desired effect of the test didn't happen, but in fact, the exact opposite, he releases all of the bad in him every now and then when he feels or experiences any "evil" thing. Enter Mr. Hyde, all of the evil restrained inside a good person, coming out in bursts. So, every little and huge evil thing coming out at once.... ouch, not a good situation. Now the duality comes into play, imagine a person who never commits any evil deed and a person who commits nothing but evil. Hyde kills people and Jekyll tries to regain control of his body and restrain Hyde from killing innocent people. I will not talk about the plot more since I don't want to spoil a good book by giving away big events in it.

The actual level of writing of the book is amazing since it is harder to write a short story with alot of detail than a long book with alot of detail and effort put into it. The character design is very contrasting in the cast of characters the book has to offer. Every character that has a name has his/her own personality that has a major contrast to the other ones. It even has some decent character development between each character, Jekyll and Hyde go through most of the changes, when *SPOILER* Jekyll just stops caring about what happens to him in the end, yet he cannot end his own life since Hyde would come out *SPOILER*. Considering the length of the book, it is pretty impressive to have such character development. The plot line in itself is very intriguing and it has never been emulated well to this day. It will remain a literary accomplishment till the world pisses itself and dies and it will most likely remain unrivaled in the split personality department. This book is a definite purchase or then you can loan it out of the library, they WILL(at least should) have it.

This was another review by me, Batsy, have a pleasant night and a good reading session.