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**//__I__Write down your thoughts,comments and critiques on this week's reading/video.//** 

Hints on what to journal on:


 * Did you like it? Why or why not?
 * Can you compare it to something else you have read, seen, or experienced?
 * What makes it work? or not. ex: setting,pace (as in the build up of suspence),any startle factors, surprise ending etc...

Week 1: Personally i don't believe in ghosts. i feel that people just say there are ghosts for scaring purposes only. i do like the ideas of ghosts and the afterlife like that was shown in the movie //the others//. In the others i like the wat they change the way you see ghosts, instead of grace and her family being haunted by ghosts they are haunted by the living, a huge twist. they didn't even know they were died. in the end i did enjoy the movie and it's creativity. it was the opposite of the movie ghost. this was were a ghost was still protecting his girlfriend that was still alive. this was another ghost movie that i like.

Week 2: This book isn't what i thought it was going to be. i thought it was going to be one of those old english books that we had to read in british literature. and at first it kinda was, then it started getting interesting. the part i like the most from which i read so far is where Jonathan is in town before going to go see the count. the reason i like it the most is because of the fact it annoys me the most. if i was in a strange town and everyone in the town was going out of there way just to warn and plead to me not to go then why would he go? i would in fact just say screw the job it's not worth it. i most classic horror movies and novels, in my opinion, the main character make a very stupid decision that someone with just a drop of common sense would not make. And i'm starting to get annoyed with this book cause now it's all these letters and journals from people that aren't at the castle/with the count and that's where all the action is. there was one thing that really surprised me though, that the three women vampires were in this book too. i thought that would have had been something just added in through the years. i thought that was pretty kewl. the one thing that i had read alot on through my life is vampires, they have always interested me.

I'm also getting a little annoyed with the book at the moment because it's focusing on other people that aren't in Dracula's castle, but then again it's also interesting to see what's going on with other characters in the novel and if I was in a foreign country and people were going out of their way to tell me not to go, I'd be a little curious as to why they were telling me not to, but I still wouldn't go. -Alyssa Cone

I agree with the part thtat annoys you. that doesnt make sense of why he would keep going if people were warning him. If someone was warning me then i wouldnt go where i was suppose to go. Kristina burdett

Yeah i agree! He could just quit or whatever but he still doesn't have a way of getting out of the castle, or to his home for that matter. He should have listened to the old lady and the other people on the bus and turned around. I'm still not really sure about this whole book like its kind of unpredictable because it keeps talking about things that i'm like why the heck did they put this in here? how is it relevant? but i guess i'll have to wait and see? --Cathyyy Coneee (:

yea i agree with all of you. if someone told me that there was 'evil' where im going and actually begging me not to go like the old lady was. i would be taking the first trip back home.-Cody Figgeroa

I deffinetly agree with you on the horror main characters, they always make an extremely stupid decision that most people with an kind of commom sense would not make. It does become rather tedious and annoying. Well just have to see how the different journals and letters all connec, then I'm sure it will make sense to you as to why there are all these entries and letters from places other than Castle Dracula and people other than Jonathan. -Leann

​ Week 3: The thing that interests me the most in this story this week is the whole lucy thing. How everyone thinks that she is dead even though she is causing havic and drinking from kids, who gave her the name bloofer lady, which i find funny. I also was surprised that Mina read Jon's diary. Now she know the true of what happened she sees what he went through. And Dr. Helsing is having a feild day with the problems Lucy is causing, "After Dead". And now i'm really happy with the book that Jonathan's starting to write in it again. And to change what i said last week, i'm really starting to like what the book is turning into. This book is kina like most other vampire book but this one is not so "cheesy" may i say.

I think that all the vampire books are kinda "cheesy" In there own way :p -Bradley Clark

I think that lucy and Count are going to become "friends". Lucy is doing the same thing that Dracula did to her and now she is doing it to the little kids by not killing them and not drinking their blood all at once. I think that she will keep going back to them just like dracula did to her.-Kristina Burdett

I think it's funny that Mina read Jon's diary cause she promised she wouldn't untill she needed to! But that goes to show you the trust in women :p Yeah i'm glad it's Jon again cause he was wayyyy more interesting, also i agree with you about the cheesy part! ---Cathyy Conee (:

I also found it interesting how Lucy was drinking the blood of children, maybe they are just an easy target. I wasn't suprised how no one caught her for awhile considering no one watched her like they were supposed to. - Heather Remchuk

what kind of name IS the bloofer lady? well i guess you can tell that it was the kids who gave her the name... i probably would have came up with something a little better i think. but when they bite someone and dont bleed them dry, that is called farming. because over time your body rebuilds the amount of blood, they can keep coming back for more when they need it.

I agree that the whole Lucy situation is very interesting. I don't really understand why she is going after children though. I think that Dr. Van Helsing is going to succeed in his plan to kill her. -Alyssa Cone

Week 4: Finally lucy is dead, after dracula kills her. after she was killed i know that someone else was going to me dragged out into the whole dracula's victim thing. but i was suprised to find out that it was Mina. and i liked how she got that whole telepathic thing going on with the count. she can hear what he hears and see what he sees. i like how all the boxes were located and destroyed, besides the last one. i wander what dracula is doin in Russia. this book seems like it's going to really get interesting very soon. i hope they can cure Mina before it's too late, if there is a cure. And i still wonder if the three female vampires are going t play a role in the rest of the book. But all in all i'm starting to get bored with the whole trying to capture the count thing. they should have had lured him into one of his coffins and killed him that way, but stoker has something else instore instead. this book is starting to remind me of a less graphic tom and jerry show where the count is jerrry and van helsing is tom, no matter what van helsing does the count still gets away. i wonder if tom ever does catch jerry in this episode.

Thats a good point. I wonder if the 3 vampire girls will come back in this book. I agree also that this is getting a little boring.-Kristina Burdett


 * //__Yeah i think maybe they will come back and help Count because he doesn't really have anyone.. --Cathy Conee (:__//**

I think the three female vampires will not be reintroduced to the book only because we are more focused on Dracula being captured and killed. However, Dracula has retured home so i cant guess on what will happen next. -Heather Remchuk

I can definately see the three female vampires coming back into the pciture here soon, the book is almost over and it looksas if its winding up to the finale. I waiting to see if there is going to be an epic scene or will it be a let down, lets hope not.-Joey

i agree with you .i can illusion that the three female vampires will coming back. the book is almost over,but it is not very interesting on me, i think the book needs to tell more things, need more irritate. - Meng ling Zhao

i think that when they have the final showdown at draculas castle that they will meet the 3 female vampires once more. and i agree with Kristina's comment. this book is starting to get dull. Cody Figgeroa

I think thats cool to that mina has can see what the count sees. I think that the 3 girls are going to be with the last box along with the count and their going to have a final showdown witht hem all at the counts new house.matt s Yeah the whole capture the count thing is getting very monotonous and repetitive. The three female vamps really do need to have some role in the rest of the book, they were very interesting. -Leann

i agree with heather. i think that you know the book was titled Dracula for a reason. and we need to start recognizing that........ Darren D

well since no one else has put a final Dracula post. i guess i have to comment on ones who havent even now...I need my grade ;) But, read the end of the book. tell me if you understand what exactly went on, i only the geist of it.-joey