Dracula Ch. 1-5
The first chapter was already off to a good start I like how the count had everything set up for him, if I was John Harker I would not be worried at all because the count seems like a nice guy. I’m not sure about him but to me the name Count Dracula seems a little weird but that might be because I’ve read so much bout Vampires. Another thing I thought was weird was when the crowd outside the end was shouting ware-wolf or vampire because to me they have always been mortal enemies.
First off in chapter two almost everything that repels or shows proof of a vampire is in it. If I was Harker I would be most scared when the whole thing when he was shaving came up because Dracula had no reflection (vampires don’t have a reflection) and when he wanted the blood (vampires drink blood), but then stopped when he saw the cross on Harker's neck (A Cross repels a vampire). So if i was Harker I would be very creped out and want to explore as much as I can.
I really liked Chapter three, if I was Harker I would of listen to the count about the falling asleep in your room thing. I wouldn’t however hung the cross above my bed. I think Harker made a huge mistake by wanting to stay another extra month. I thought Harker would want to leave as soon as he saw Dracula crawling down the castle. If that didn’t send him home the “dream” I thought would sure as hell send him home. I am about 99% sure that that thing with the three girls was not a dream and that is why count to him to not fall asleep in any other room besides his, if he had the cross on his neck he would have been safe.
This book is getting better and better. I thought the fourth chapter was good, but again I was confused by the whole thing with the vampire and ware-wolf working together, but on the other hand it could work to kill. The thing with the Gypsies was weird to me I thought the Gypsies were going to free Harker but wait the book would be very short. The end of the chapter would have creped me out with the blood and Harker finding the three woman that were in his “dream.”
I was happy that chapter five introduced the wife and I guess Harker friends. I didn’t like the chapter as much as I did the other ones. I felt bad for his wife when her friend told her the Harker was coming home because he wasent. I think the rest of the book will be great but I think it will have a lot of their friends because there was a dairy entry of her girlfriends soon to be husband I also think they will play a big role in the story.
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I'm glad that you like the book thus far! It only gets better from here. I think that the Romanian word for 'vampire' is the same as or really similar to the Romanian word for 'were-wolf,' so it would be difficult for a foreigner to differentiate between the two. Harker doesn't have the ability to get out of the castle. He gets locked in his room at various points in the book and he can't escape. There was that one scene in which Jonathan wanted to leave early, so Dracula showed him to he door and summoned the wolves so Jonathan would not want to leave yet. Mina is one of the protagonists, so pay attention to her.
to us westerners Dracula does sound like an unusual name but in Slavic countries such as Roumania, it's quite normal so it wouldn't have raised suspiscion to anyone who didn't know the history of his family
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