The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Ana Belén Muñoz Rodríguez 4º B
Book report Title: The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Author: Robert Louis Stevenson. Publisher: Helbling languages. This book is a terror/horror story about good and evil that there is within each person. The story take place in London in the ends of the XIX century. The main characters are Dr. Jekyll who discovers a substance that allows him to be divided into two different people physically. Mr. Hyde who would be the evil part of his person. In my opinion it is an interesting story. Very peculiar about the theme of dual personality, on how we can be angels or demons, and basically we are the same. It´s pretty good, since Mr. Hyde comes into a play mystery surrounds everythimg and keeps us alert. It´s surrounded by mystery story that makes you hitches and don´t stop reading. I recommend this book to other readers:
Strongly recommended, is a very good mysterious story and I like this. Level:
Just about right, It´s a short story, not done neither long nor heavy, because it is read in a couple of times and use a very useful and careful language and adapted. Questions for the author: What inspired you to write this story?
Characters My favourite character is Mr. Utterson because it´s a very good person who appreciates her friends a lot. • Name: Mr. Utterson. • Nationality: British, London. • Profession: Lawyer. • Appearance: Tall and thin with smart look. • Personality: Rought, cold, sober and somewhat aloof in conversations and in his feelings. • Likes/dislikes: he likes the theatre, taste good wines. He sometimes read a book next to the fire place. He doesn´t like talk about his feelings with unknown people.
My favourite incident in the story is when finally Dr. Jekyll disappeared forever because he drunk a chemical which wasn´t pure and he changed into Hyde, so my favourite character discovered the whole story after reading two letters about the case.
Plot Development The story is about a doctor who was born in a rich family. He is Dr. Jekyll. When he was young he discovered that he had two different personalities. On the one hand, he worked hard and tried to be respectable. On the other hand, he also wanted to be wild and bad. Because of his interest in chemistry he decided to use it to moke experiments. Then, he made a potion with different chemicals and he drank it. This allowed him to be divided into two different people physically, one good and the other evil. The good person is Dr. Jekyll and the bad person is Mr. Edward Hyde. Unfortunately, Dr. Jekyll abuses of the potion, so he becomes Mr. Hyde and he can´t be Dr. Jekyll anymore. But at the the potion which he drinks isn´t pure and the story has a terrible end, he die because of the potion.
Reading self-assessment record AT THE END OF THE BOOK I FEEL… Talking about characters: More confident. Understanding the plot of a story: more confident. Working out the meaning of unknown words: The same. Understanding idoms: less confident. About reading a story in English: The same. I HAVE LEARNT… New words: a lot. Useful expressions: the same. New idioms: A lot. Examples vocabulary: • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Amazed: very surprised. Hollow: with an empty space inside. Cellar: room underground. Rusty: with rust (red-brown substance on metal). Thorough: complete. Feature: Part of the face. Puzzled: confused. Smartly dressed: with good, clean clothes. Rough: (here) hard; unpleasant. Thirst: desire; want. Victim: person who suffers because of someone else. Ruthless: Having no pity or sympathy. Lacking in: without.
• The most exciting thing that happened in the story was… When Dr. Jekyll kill her self to eliminate the other part that was Mr. Hyde.
• The story had a satisfying ending. • What did you think of the book? b. I ENJOYED IT.