Persuasive Arguement

Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury. I ask of you, a simple request. My request is that you, the people of London, put this vicious criminal Mr. Hyde in prison for the rest of his days. He brutally murdered a member of parliment Mr. Sir Danvers Carew. It was late at night when this incident occurred. Mr. Hyde beat the life out of Carew. The end  of his cane was found in the gutter of his mansion. The next evening Mr. Utterson went to Hyde's house and found the other half of the murder weapon. This also isn't the first time that Hyde commited a crime. One early morning, at about 3 O' Clock, Mr. Hyde trampled a little girl and left her on the ground. As many of you may not know because Hyde bribed the family to keep this a secret. There are witnesses in both of these cases. A maid for the murder and Mr. Enfield for the girl. So my fellow citizens of London, all I ask of you is to make the right decision. Don't let a criminal walk. I don't want any criminals running loose in this fine city. Thank you for your time and I hope you make the right choice.

Character/Theme

In the book "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" I am drawn to Mr. Hyde the most. Mr. Hyde is like the mystery man of the story. We don't know much about him. All we really know is the story of the door and that Hyde had a key to Jekyll's house. When Mr. Utterson went to talk to Hyde in the earlier chapters, Hyde didn't want to show his face. This means that he is hiding something and he is mysterious. He also murdered Mr. Carew by whacking him with a cane and trampled over a girl without caring. Mr. Hyde is a murderer and I have a feeling that somehow he is involved with Lanyon's death and the breach in Jekyll's and Lanyon's friendship.
Hyde reinforces a theme that Stevenson is trying to show. He is reinforcing Human Nature. Everyone has their own style of living. Hyde's style is being deadly and creepy. He isn't very sociable and he is kinda shady. Everyone has a devil inside of them. Hyde just has a bigger devil that normal people. Hyde might be a bigger devil than Satan himself.

Story of the Door

The story of the door was a story about a man named Hyde trampling over a little girl at three in the morning. It was like he didn't care at all about others. Mr. Enfield brought the man back to the girl and her family and they threatened to ruin his reputation. Mr. Hyde offered a cheque to the family to pay for the expenses of the injuries. What I really had to think about was why the girl was out at 3 in the morning, and how her family suddenly appeared next to her. This is kind of unrealistic in my opinion. This story reminds me of the mental illness article, when it explained the different types of mental diseases there were. It seems like the man definatley had a mental problem because he trampled the girl and kept walking. He didn't apologize, he didn't call an ambulance, he kept walking. Most people wouldn't trample a girl and pretend nothing is wrong when there are witnesses such as Mr. Enfield. I feel that a writing a cheque isn't enough for what this man did. I feel that he should go to jail and have his reputation ruined. The theme of this chapter was about public injustices. Many people saw what Mr. Hyde did to the little girl. It can be ralated to robbing a store, there  are witnesses and usually there will be consequences. In this case, the consequence was that he would have to pony up some money to save himself, where as if he robbed a store he would go to jail. He was lucky that there weren't any cops around or he would be known as the heartless freak who trampled a girl.