The strange case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde
Jaime Cortés Vazquez 4ºA
Book Report Title: The strange case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Publisher: Helbling Languages
. Describe the book in one or two sentences. What type of story is it ? Where / When does it take place ? Who are the main characters ? It's a psychological novel , in which Dr. Jekyll becomes Mr. Hyde with a drug made by him. Dr. Jekyll is good and Mr. Hyde is bad , with the drug he change from good to bad personality and the opposite too. The story take place in London , in the XIX century. The main characters are Dr. Jekyll , Mr. Hyde , Mr. Utterson , Mr. Enfield and Dr. Lanyon.
. Write a few sentences saying why you liked ( or don't like ) the book. What were the best things about the book ? What other books did it remind you of ? What kind of reader do you think would enjoy this book ? The story is really good , but I didn't like the book because is very boring and is too hard to read it in english. It's a classic novel and this type of books are boring because they are old stories and I like actually books like "The Hunger Games" and this type of books. The best thing of the book is the story , but the final of the book is too long and hard to read. I think that people who like classics books will like this book and they will enjoy reading it.
. Would you recommend this book to other readers ? I would not recommend this book , because as I said before this book is boring and hard to read it. This book is for children that like monsters' stories and for people that like classic books.
. Level This book is just about right , but some parts of the book have a difficult vocabulary.
. What question would you like to ask the author ? write this book ?
What inspired you to
Characters . Which is your favourite character ? Why do you like this character ? Give reason. My favourite character is Mr. Hyde , because is the character who gives action to the story. I think that Mr. Hyde is the most important character of the story because without him the story has no sense and the story will be too boring.
. Write his / her character profile. Character profile: Name - Edward Hyde. Nationality – British. Profession – He is the bad personality of the Dr. Jekyll in that way he is a doctor. Appearence – He is an ugly man , he is short , he wear baggy clothes... Personality – He is a violent man , he likes to kill people , he is a bad person , he hate all the people. Likes/Dislikes – He likes to kill and hit people , he doesn't like to be seen in public.
. Which is your favourite incident in the story ? What does it show about your favourite character ?
My favourite incident in the story is when Mr. Hyde die and Mr. Utterson and Poole discover the dead body. It shows that Mr. Hyde is a coward because he will go to prison if the police cacth him.
Plot Development The lawyer Mr.Utterson and Dr. Jekyll were old friends but their relationship had gone missing. One day Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield were having a walk , whem they passed in front of a door , Mr.Enfield told him a story about an incident that he saw right there , a little man called Mr. Hyde pushed a girl in a corner , the family of the girl threatened him and the man agreed to pay 100 pounds. He entered that door and came out with an fake check signed by Dr. Jekyll. When Mr. Enfield finished telling the story, Mr. Utterson went to his house and when he got there took the will of Mr. Jekyll and read it. It put that left everything to Mr. Hyde. As Utterson didn't know who this Mr. Hyde, he went to Lanyon's house to ask. He probably would know because he saw Jekyll often. But neither knew anything about this Mr. Hyde. Since that night, Mr. Utterson passed down the street everyday because he wanted to see the man that pushed the girl. He went there many times and one day, he saw a small man entering in the house. Utterson asked the man if it was Mr. Hyde, and it was. Then, Mr. Utterson went to Jekyll's house. After a few days Dr. Jekyll made a dinner and Mr. Utterson was invited. He stayed until everyone left. Then he told to Jekyll what happened with Mr. Hyde. But Mr. Jekyll didn't care and he didn't want to talk about Mr. Hyde again. After a year somethimg horrible happened with Mr. Hyde , he had hit an old man to death. The old man had a letter to Mr. Utterson and the police took her to his house. Utterson wanted to go to see the body to see if he recognized , the old man was Andrew Danvers , he was a Utterson's client. The only witness said the assasing was a short man. Utterson immediately thought in Mr. Hyde. Utterson led the police to his house. When they arrived , they searched the house and the found only the stick with which Hyde had killed the man and some other things. That day Utterson went to Jekyll's house and told him what happened. Jekyll told him to be quiet because Hyde would never appear again. He said he had received a letter that said he was going to escape Utterson saved te letter and when it came out of the house , he asked the servant how was the person who had given him the letter and he said he hadn't reached anything. Mr. Utterson was very intrigued with this. One night , the servant went to visit Mr. Utterson . He said that at home were happening strange things . His master didn't come out for some time in his office and that his voice wasn't the same. Now he had a rough voice. Utterson and the servant talked for a while until you reach one conclusion : someone had killed Dr. Jekyll.Utterson decided to accompany the servant to Jekyll 's house to see the situation. Once there , they pulled the office door of Dr. Jekyll , and there it was, Edward Hyde, in the middle of the room. It possibly suicide after murdering Dr. Jekyll. Utterson and Poole searched the house to look for the body of Jekyll, but they didn't find it. All they found was a letter addressed to Mr. Utterson Jekyll. In the letter put "before reading this letter you had to read the letter you should have delivered Lanyon some time". Utterson told the servant to go to his house and, after having read the letters lighter, again to call the police. Utterson went home and quickly took Lanyon's letter and read it. In this letter there was a very strange thing. Jekyll in the letter asked Lanyon to were with a blacksmith to his home. Forced the door and entry to his office , then in the glass cabinet had to take the drawer. Then he had to take it home, and wait for a man to come at midnight from him and had to give the drawer. After reading this letter, Lanyon, did what he said. He picked up the box, took it home and then a horrible thing happened.
The man who had come from Jekyll, he grabbed the box, and this a small boat with a substance. Drank it and he transform in Dr. Jekyll. Utterson couldn't believe it and didn't understand. Then he began to read the letter from Jekyll. He explained that from a young age he had thought that the good and evil of people could separate and after making many experiments, succeeded in making the formula to separate the evil from the good part of a person. So he decided to try it. He took it and he changed everything . Now he was short and very evil . He went out and a girl stuck at which it was found. He decided not be Mr. Hyde anymore. But the next morning he woke up being Mr. Hyde, was lying still when Dr. Jekyll. This worried him about it and had to take some kind of drug. Each time, the evil personality of Jekyll was getting stronger , until he came to kill a person . But it was wrong. The drug to be Dr. Jekyll , and not working as well as ever. Now I had to take it every six hours or become Mr. Hyde. The drug ended and Mr. Hyde could not become Dr. Jekyll. Then he decided to commit suicide , he found the only solution possible. Like this ends the life of Mr. Henry Jekyll and Hyde .
Reading Self-Assesment Record At the end of the book I feel
More confident
The same
Less confident Talking about characters
Understanding the plot of the story Working out the meaning of unkonw words Understanding idoms
About reading a story in English
I have learnt Some
A lot New words
Useful expressions
New idioms
New Words – kidnapped , facades , sordid , faults , ivy , rather ,
scattered ,
shameful , disbelief , grin , balder , fit , gazing , slammed...
Useful expressions - looked forward to , being blackmailed ,
handed in ,
I dare not , I can't take any more...
. The most exciting thing the happened in the story was... The most exciting thing that happend on the book is when Mr. Hyde kill Sir Danvers Carew and the assistant of a house was spying him through the window and when Mr. Hyde hit the little girl.
. Describe the ending The story had a unsatisfying and bad ending . What did you think of the book ? It wasn't bad.