Sunday, December 5, 2010
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.
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For the most part i agree with you. Lets start with what I do agree on:
ReplyDeleteI do believe that Hyde would be labeled as a monstrous beast if this story had leaked into society. To add onto that injustice, Hyde payed/ bribed the family to keep mum of the unfortunate event. Although it is human nature to want to protect their image, only a twisted individual would have the audacity to pay off a family that will be traumatized for a long time to come.
One thing I somewhat disagree on is your displeasure with the fact that a girl was on the streets in the middle of the night. Although I completely agree that it is outrageously unrealistic, one must understand that that was merely added in the story for the sake of letting the plotline develop. This was just a minor outlandish addition to the novella, and was absolutely trivial.