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5. How does your book begin?  First describe the events that start your story.  Then tell if this is a good, effective way for the author to start the book.  Explain why or why not.  What would you change? Start out: My book begins…   This is a good/bad way to start the story because…

My book, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, begins with the introduction of Mr. Utterson, “Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable” (p.1). This is a great way to start off the book because we get an idea of the main character. Also this introduction shows the reader that Mr. Utterson is one of the good guys in the book and that readers can trust him. Also the narrator states, “It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready made from the hands of opportunity…” (p.1). This quote also shows the reader that Mr. Utterson surrounds himself with good people. This introduction helps the reader trust that Mr. Utterson only has the best intentions.

In the first chapter of the book, readers also get a good idea of who Mr. Hyde is. Mr. Hyde is introduced as the evil character at the very beginning of the book. For example, “I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why” (p. 5). This quote shows that Mr. Hyde is very disliked. In the first chapter, readers also become aware that Mr. Hyde ran over a child and severely injured her. This was a great way to start the book because readers already know who the characters are. The author effectively described the characters and how readers should feel about them. For example, readers know from the very first chapter that they can trust Mr. Utterson. Readers also understand that Mr. Hyde is the enemy just by the way he is described.

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“If he be Mr. Hyde, I shall be Mr. Seek” (p.8). 

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“If he be Mr. Hyde, I shall be Mr. Seek” (p.8). 

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This quote is important to the theme of the book because the entire book is about finding out more information about Mr. Hyde. Mr. Utterson is constantly searching for information about the strange Mr. Hyde.

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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By: Robert Louis Stevenson

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If you are someone who loves twisted endings you will love this book. This book is a little tough to get into but once you do, you will be happy you're reading it. This book is rich in suspense and you will not want to put the book down. I highly recommend this book to people that like short chapters and a lot of suspense.

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Mr. Utterson
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Mr. Enfield
Poole
Dr. Lanyon
Sir Danvers Carew

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This book is about a lawyer named Mr. Utterson who tries to uncover secrets about the strange Mr. Hyde. Mr. Utterson's dear friend, Dr. Jekyll, leaves everything in his will to Mr. Hyde. Mr.Hyde is seen murdering a man and suddenly disappears. There are so many questions the lawyer has to uncover to understand the truth about this strange case.

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The setting was in London, England. The time Period was Victorian England.

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Robert Louis Stevenson was a 19th century Scottish writer. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on November 13, 1850. At the age 17 he enrolled at Edinburgh University to study engineering, but later decided to study law. When Stevenson got out of law school he decided to be a writer. He married Fanny Osbourne in 1976. In 1886 he published Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which sealed his reputation as a writer. Robert Louis Stevenson died of a stroke on December 3, 1894, in his home in Vailima, Samoa.