The+Strange+Case+of+Dr.+Jekyll+&+Mr.+Hyde+by+Robert+Louis+Stevenson

A. Kim B. Tiffany C. Tiffany D. Sung Jin

By Robert Louis Stevenson**
 * The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Week 1 Characters- In the beginning of the book, we meet Mr. Utterson, the lawyer, and Mr. Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson describes Mr. Enfield as a quiet, lonesome man. His acquaintance, Mr. Utterson, is a lawyer. Both of them are middle-aged. Mr. Hyde is introduced when Mr. Enfield tells a story about how he walked over a child. Mr. Hyde is shown to have a cruel personality.As it comes to show at the end of his story, Mr. Enfield is the type of man who does not want trouble in his life so he says to his friend, Mr. Utterson, that his tongue had slipped too far and to just forget about Mr. Hyde. However, Mr. Utterson went against his agreement delved deeper into the Mr. Hyde mystery.

Week 1 Meeting- Before starting our book discussion, we snacked on munchkins and Hi-C that Kim had brought in. The doughnuts were delicious. We really got into our discussion about what we had read. The beginning of the book was a little confusing, since we only had read 1/5 of the book. After talking about which characters we were introduced to, what roles they play, and what already occurred in the story, Sung Jin asked our group five questions.

His questions are listed below with answers.

Questions- 1. Why do you think the lawyer asked for the name of Mr. Hyde? He asked for the name of Mr. Hyde to investigate the case of Mr. Hyde.

2. What do you think it was about Mr. Hyde that Mr. Utterson did not like? Mr. Utterson most likely did not like Mr. Hyde because of his eyes. His eyes probably did not show the character of role model citizen..

3. What do you already know about this story? Dr. Jekyll has bipolarity and his other personality is Mr. Hyde.

4. What do you think happened at the bank? Contrary to Mr. Utterson's beliefs, Mr. Hyde had a genuine check from Dr. Jekyll.

5. What is your impression about Mr. Hyde? Mr. Hyde is a mysterious man that keeps to himself. He is not a friendly person. How unfriendly he is, is shown when he walks over a little girl during the night!

Week 2 A. Sung Jin B.Kim C.Kim D.Tiffany

1. Why did Mr. Utterson go visit Dr. Lanyon? Due to the mystery involved with Mr. Hyde, Mr. Utterson looked for further information on Dr. Jekyll. Dr. Laynon was the only friend of Dr. Jekyll besides Mr. Utterson himself. Unfortunately, not much was discovered from this visit. 2. Describe the location of Mr. Hyde's house? Mr. Hyde's house is some kind of square. The windows are always closed but there clean. There is usually smoke from the chimney. 3. Where did Mr.Utterson go and why? Mr. Utterson went to Dr. Lanyons house because he went there to ask if he ever heard of Mr. Hyde. 4. "The figure in these two phases haunted the lawyer all night." Who is "the figure" that Mr.Utterson is thinking about? Mr.Hyde. 5. What else do you think was written on the will? I believe that the will does not have anything else in it besides what the book wrote. If there is, then it is probably of little significance. ~The Language that is used in the book~

The books language is very straight forward you need to know what your reading before you begin reading the book.

Summary- Sung Jin nearly forgot that he had to bring in a snack so he quickly grabbed peppers. After we all laughed we got down to buisness Tiffany read her questions first. We had some what of a discussion between the variety of answers of the questions. We later then discussed the language that is used in this book we decide that the format of the book is addressed to adults more than children the text used in this book is very discriptive and descrete. I think that the second round of book club was a success.

__Week 3:__ A. Tiffany B. Sung Jin C. Sung Jin D. Kim

Questions: 1. Who died in the chapter? Sir Danvers. He was killed by Mr. Hyde with a cane. 2. Why did Dr. Jekyll stay inside so much? He has become less gregarious and has isolated himself once again from world for reasons best known to himself. However, we guessed that he has an important task to finish and can not leave the house until it is done. 3.Why would Dr. Jekyll be the chief of sinners. Dr. Jekyll proclaims himself as the chief of sinners because of his relations with Mr. Hyde. Whatever his "sin" is, it must be involved deeply with Mr. Hyde. 4.Why would Mr. Hyde show up again. He had a case of bloodlust he had sate. His yearning made reckless and brought him out of hiding. 5. Why would Dr. Laynon suddenly cut off Dr. Jekyll at the same time Dr. Jekyll cut off the world? Dr. Laynon and Jekyll had an experiment that caused a break between the two friend's relationship, and thus brought Dr. Laynon an immense shock and brought back Dr. Jekyll's reclusiveness.

Summary: Tiffany failed to either comprehend or read the book. Honestly I suspect that she just skimmed it. Kim seemed to read too much in the book and wrote questions about next week's portion of the book. Sung Jin, unfortunately, is a little frustrated by the situation in front of him. Unfortunately, he was a little over obnoxious. Mr. Morone, unfortunately, noticed for he was right next to us and tells Sung Jin to look up "tact" on Google. Sung Jin feels kinda bad. Good night San Francisco.

Week 4 A. Kim B. Tiffany C. Tiffany D. Sung Jin

Summary: Kim brought in bagels and Roger ate his as soon as he could. While Kim and I finished our bagels, Sung Jin became to question us about the book. Sung Jin understands most of the book, while Kim and I are confused. Sung Jin tried to sum up any important points that we did not comprehend. Since the book was written a long time ago, it is harder to understand. We have guessed that Mr. Hyde is trying to take over their body, so Dr. Jekyll has become sickly ill.

Theme: The theme of the story is the internal struggle within every person of good and evil.

Questions- 1. Why did Mr. Hyde behave so irregularly with Dr. Laynon? He acted hysterical and distressed because Dr. Jekyll, from the inside, was fighting for control over the body which two minds inhabit. His will made Mr. Hyde drink the potion which let Dr. Jekyll take control, once again, over his body.

2. Why do you think Mr. Poole and his colleagues were scared? They were scared because they feared that someone else was impersonating Dr. Jekyll and that Dr. Jekyll was in danger.

3. After everything that happened so far, what do you think will happen in the end? In the end, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde will have a final struggle for control over their body. However, there is no guarantee that Dr. Jekyll will win.

4. Strange things are occurring; what do you think is happening with Dr. Jekyll right now? Dr. Jekyll may be getting sick and Mr. Hyde could be making another bid for freedom.

5. Explain the emotional turmoil that raged in Dr. Laynon before he died. After seeing his friend, Dr. Jekyll, come out of Mr. Hyde, Dr. Laynon not only found his friend in some devilish experiment, but also found that his outlook on medicine may be flawed. The shock must have shook him so much that his old age could not handle it.

Week 5 A.Sung Jin B.Kim C.Kim D.Tiffany

Responding to the text~We think this book should be read in a Sophomore honors classes. Tiffany and Kim do not think that this book should be in the summer reading list next year. Roger thinks that this book should be on the summer reading list next year because even though it is not as long as __Lord of the Rings__. Its language is just as class and the plot is very suspenseful and for those who do not know the story the ending is very horrific.

Summary Roger brought in Korean Shrimp Crackers which none of us ate besides for himself. He was also savaging food off of everybody else tables. Then Tiffany read her questions. Unfortunately, Tiffany's questions were not open-ended nor from the section of the book we were supposed to read. So, we settled down and made sure that she wrote the questions by Saturday night. About group discussion, however, we successfully talked about what audience this book should go to and why. Overall, this group meeting was not a total fiasco.

Questions: 1. What good does Dr. Jekyll believe may come out of his experiment? How can his experiment benefit society? He believed that the end of the evil in everyone can come from this experiment. However, when he tested it upon himself, the opposite occurred.

2. Explain why Dr. Jekyll repeated to take his own potion. Dr. Jekyll, at the time when he first went through the effects of the potion did not know its exact effects. Not only did he feel that he was full of energy, but his complete sense of self-control was destroyed to bits. The drug gave him a "rush" and he craved for more.

3, How does Mr. Hyde torment Dr. Jekyll? Why? With the burden of knowing that he was the cause of a murder and whatever else Mr. Hyde did, of which the book does not specify, Dr. Jekyll had named himself a sinner for the monster he had become. Mr. Hyde did not actually torment Dr. Jekyll; it was his existence and his behavior that Dr. Jekyll were tortured by.

4. Why do you think Hyde so much smaller? The book described the body of Mr. Hyde as a body full of energy but unexercised, meaning that it felt powerful, but did not have the muscles to back it up. I believe that is the manifestation of the empty promises evil gives. Those thoughts of a better life IF you do this one thing or another are nothing more than a heap of garbage under a fancy silver platter.

5. Explain why Jekyll finishes his confession with the following, "I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end." As an act of final control, and perhaps repentance, Dr. Jekyll, knowing Mr. Hyde will soon take over his body, writes this line as a suicide note. To take away the monster Dr. Jekyll brought into the world, he had to kill himself before his mind becomes overwhelmed by Mr. Hyde's. Whether or not this is an honorable death, I am unsure, but Dr. Jekyll did not desire one; he only desire Mr. Hyde's.