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Jose Manuel Toro Pérez 3º B IES Cristo del Rosario 08/03/2014
Who is Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of the book? Robert Louis Stevenson was a novelist and Brithish poet, author of famous works of the juvenile literature as The treasure island, or famous classics novels like the black arrow or his most famous work , the terror novel, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Robert was born in Edimburgh and when he was young he was study at the Edmburgh academy and not was a excellent student, but he has a very amazing aptitude to write. Maybe he not was a very excellnt studente because he has a illness and for this reason, he just can to has class two or three hours. When he was adult is when he started to write his best works and has his gold period between 1883 and 1886. Robert Louis Stevenson was died in 3 of december of 1894 when he was only 44 years because he has a ilness.
Who are the main characters of the book? Henry Jekyll : Dr Jekyll is the main character of the history. He is a very famous doctor. Fisically, he is tall and thin, and is blond. He has a elongated face and a long chin. He have about 50 years and is a rich men, intelligent and very polite. He is a very ambitious men and his passion is the science. He is very elegant and like the luxuries. Mr Utterson: He is a famous lawyer and is one of the best firends of Dr Jekyll. Fisically, he is tall and thin, his face is very pale with small eyes and a big moustache. He is very elegant and always have very good apperience, he is not a rich man but have a lot of money and is very cult. He is seriously, polite and curiously a lot of times. Dr Lanyon: He is a friend of Mr Utterson and Dr Jekyll. He is not a old man, have the same age that Jekyll. He is not very tall, a bit fat, he has a blond and gray hair. He has a fat face with small eyes and with a very big blond moustache. He is a expert in medicine. He is very elegant and always dress with a yellow dinner jacket. Mr Poole: He is the Dr Jekyll´s butler. He is a very old man. He have a gray hair, a chubby face with slanted eyes and he has glasses, and for the age he has a lot of wrinkles. He is very loyal to Jekyll and always help him in personal situations, he is a good person and wise. He is elegant and always dress with butler costume. He is always very polite. Mr Enfield: He is the cousin of Mr Utterson, and he doesn´t have a very special paper in the history. Fisically, he is tall, a bit fat, have a expressive face with brown hair, brown eyes, very small and slanted. He have too a moustache. He is not very old. He is curiously, polite, and seriously. He always dress with a gabardine. Mr Hyde: He is the evil part of the Dr Jekyll. He is fisically, very ugly. He is a bit short and a bit fat, he have very deformated face with a very big chin and with a wicked smile. He have brown and long hair. He is very violent, and psychologically is very disorder. He always dress with a very big brown jacket, with a brown hat and always walk with a cane.
Vocabulary
Word
Meaning
Sentence
Courtyard
Patio
I was stayed at the courtyard of my house
Frightened
Asustado
I stayed alone in my house at night,and I was frightened.
Guilty
Culpable
He is the guilty of the murder
Fireplace
Chimenea
There is a fireplace in the living room
Butler
Mayordomo
The rich people have a butler
Maid
Criada
The maid cleaned all the rooms
Cane
Bastón
I have a injury on my leg, I need to use a cane.
Handwritting
Manuscrito
I receive a handwritting of my grandparent
Evil
Malvado
This man likes to do bad things to people, is very evil
Alive
Vivo
I´m feel alive
Bench
Banco (de sentarse)
I like to sit down in my bench and read the newspaper
Knock
Llamar
The man knocked the door
Seem
Parecer
He didn´t seem very sure
Blackmail
Chantaje
The thief made me a blackmail
Punish
Castigo
If my behavior is not good, my mum punish me
Shocked
Sorprendido
I was shocked when I receive the message.
Mask
Máscara
I wore a mask to scare my friends
Lawyer
Abogado
The lawyer defends me in the trial.
Murder
Asesinato
The murder was premeditated
Trial
Juicio
The judge will sentence at the trial
Rusty
Oxidada
This door is rusty
Proud
Orgullo
He was proud of his success
Hatchet
Hacha
The man with the hatchet is very dangerous
Signature
Firma
My signature is inimitable
Will
Testamento
Before he died, he left a will
Footsteps
Pisada
The footsteps of the thief were very noisy.
Locksmith
Cerrajero
The locksmith work in the locksmithe trade
Candle
Vela
I need a candle because in this place there isn´t light
Manner
Modo
I thing that is the correct manner to solve the problem.
Reward
Recompensa
I do my homeworks and my mum gave me a reward
Envelope
Sobre
I receive a letter in a closed envelope.
Triumph
Triunfo
His team win the triumph
Armchair
Sillón
My armchair is very comfortable
Purse
Cartera
I forget my purse at home
Scream
Chillar, gritar
When my mum is angry, she sreams.
Clue
Pista
The detective found a clue
Tigthly
Firmemente
I said with a tigthly voice
Pale
Pálido
You have a pale skin.
Sharp
Afilado
This knife is very sharp
Summary The history starts when Mr Utterson and Enfield walked in the street at the night and while they walk found a misterious person, that is Mr Hyde, hitting a girl. When this occurs is when the history starts. Mr Utterson during the book try to find information about this misterious men that anyone know who is. His old friend Dr jekyll, have some strange relation with Mr Hyde. During the chapters, Jekyll invites Utterson a s u casto his house and in this dinner Mr Utterson ask to Jekyll about Hyde but this say that not want to talk about he, and this cause more curiosity in Mr Utterson. One day Utterson visit the dr jekyll´s house and discover that Mr Hyde stay at the Jekyll´s laboratory. Mr Utterson is very interested in the life of hyde but Jekyll not want to say anything about him, one day he decide to visit the hyde´s house with Guest and casually, Mr Hyde is not in house and this is more misterious and Mr Uttersoin suspects that he escapes the justice. After this happen, Jekyll one day invites his friensand visit his house. During this dinner ocurrs the death of Lanyon. This misterious death is a suspect for Mr Utterson. During this chapter Poole, the butler of Jekyll, found a clue and a letter that put information about a potion that change his personality and became in a bad person like Mr hyde or the normal and good person that is mr Hyde. At the end of the book the potion that ghange the personality of Jekyll ends and the book finish with a letter about the unhappy life of Henry Jekyll.
My personal opinion This book is terror novel and I don´t like this kind of book, I prefer boooks about adventures and biographys. This book have a very deep history, and at the begining of the book, in my opinion, the firsts chapters are sometimes boring and is difficult to follow the history but when you understand all the argument the book is very entertaining. My prefer parts of the books are small sections at the end of the chapters where explain curious things and I learn somo interesting things like for example, that there is a syndrome called Jekyll and Hyde Disorder. In addition, the book is very misterious and I like this, but there aren´t funny situations and this for me, is a bad point fot he book. Finally I can to say that this book is so interesting, sometimes boring, with a difficult history and although I don´t like the terror novels the book is very entertaining.