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 * Chapter 9-12 Analysis **

__ **6-Traits Identification:** __ In //Dracula//, Bram Stoker organizes the story as journal entries to show the character’s feelings and thoughts towards the audience. Bram Stoker narrates the story through different word choices. He uses very descriptive words that help the reader to visualize the scenes. In Dr. Seward’s Diary, Seward contrasts the environment of the asylum to the sunset. “It was a shock to me to turn from the wonderful smoky beauty of a sunset over London, with its lurid lights and inky shadows and all the marvelous tints that come on foul clouds even as on foul water… cold stone building, with its wealth of breathing misery” (Stoker 109). Stoker’s word choices are very accurate and use a rich, broad range of words. His word choices appropriately relate to the story and show images in readers’ minds. In addition, his word choices can be very confusing due to the period of time he wrote the story. Since //Dracula// was first published in 1837, during the Victorian Era, some of the word usages are not familiar as modern English language. Thus, it is very difficult to understand and comprehend the text. In conclusion, unlike ordinary writers, Bram Stoker uses very illustrative words and this facilitates the readers to visualize the scene or the setting.

__** Critical Passage: **__ “Arthur bent eagerly over to kiss her; but at that instant Van Helsing, who, like me, had been started by her voice, swooped upon him, and catching him by the neck with both hands, dragged him back with a fury of strength” (Stoker 146)

This passage is very important because Van Helsing is fully aware of Lucy, who eventually became a vampire. It reveals that the two red dots represented that Dracula had bitten Lucy in the previous chapter. Since blood transfusion suspended Lucy’s death, there are some possibilities that Arthur Holmwood and Van Helsing will also become vampires due to its mixture of blood. In addition, Van Helsing has a lot of knowledge of Dracula because he decorated Lucy’s room with garlic and stopped Arthur from becoming a vampire. This foreshadows that Dracula’s next target might be Van Helsing due to his abundant knowledge on Dracula.

__**Literary Device:**__ “What can I do?” asked Arthur hoarsely.’ ‘Tell me, and I shall do it. **My life is hers** and I would give the last drop of blood in my body for her” (Stoker 113).

This quote explains that Arthur is willing to do whatever it takes for his wife, Lucy, to restore her health. Arthur is concerned about Lucy’s death, and he will give his every last drop of blood for her. The metaphor, “My life is hers”, states that his life is dependent on Lucy and is willing to risk his life for his love. Therefore, this metaphor can tell that Lucy is very valuable to Arthur.

“Not on your life!" he said, ‘not for your living soul and hers!’ And he stood between them **like a lion at bay**” (Stoker 146).

Stoker is using a simile to describe interference between Lucy and Arthur’s love. A lion represents Van Helsing, who is separating Arthur from Lucy. However, Van Helsing is trying to help Arthur from becoming a vampire. Therefore, it implies that Van Helsing is interfering with Lucy for Arthur’s benefit. From this metaphor, we can clearly see that Van Helsing is protecting Arthur from any danger.

__**Reflection**__ : Our group had a debate activity and it was very effective. We split the class into half and discuss about Lucy. We had some various of ideas about Lucy's death how it was unavoidable. The pros and cons sides provided some evidence about Lucy's fate. We further went in depth into science. The pro side stated that sciences are ineffective against Dracula. However the con side provide some evidence to go against this statement. Both sides shared many evidence from the text to support their ideas. From the judge point of view, I think that the pro won the debate based on numerous textual evidences. I also think that our debate activity was very successful and very useful for learning purposes for the students and the leaders