Written by: Simone Shree Pathak - 2023012, Grade IX
Posted on: 28 January, 2021
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a very popular graphic novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson. This book is one of the reasons he is still known to this date. The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a very famous mystery novel written by this famous writer.
This book is wise in my opinion, as the setting of this book is London in the Victorian era, which makes sense since it was written at that time. My favorite part of this graphic novel adaptation was its end part. I felt that the story came together in one piece and had a good conclusion. I also liked how the author revealed that Mr. Hyde was Dr. Jekyll’s evil counterpart.
The theme of this book in my opinion is the different sides of human nature. The author portrayed the duality of human nature through the character Dr. Jekyll. In the end, it is revealed that Dr. Jekyll had created a potion many moons ago; that had the ability to distinguish and separate the good and evil aspects of a human personality. This also reveals that it is human nature to have good and evil aspects and we are the ones who are responsible for suppressing our evil sides. We also learn from this book that suppressing one’s evil side is not always easy. We can take the example of Dr. Jekyll who couldn’t control his Mr. Hyde counterpart and ended up taking his own life. This implies that good doesn’t always win and sometimes evil takes over; so we are the ones who shall control our evil personalities and suppress them.
I recommend this book. This book talks a lot about human nature. I liked the moral and the meaning of this book holds. This book is very knowledgeable and it is a mystery novel which obviously makes it interesting. I am happy that I got introduced to this book.
