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**//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...

I ** enjoyed this movie alot because i thought that it was very exciting and thrilling, i loved that we watched it in class especially though because i liked waiting to see what was going to happen the next day!!! The only thing i disliked about it was that it had that twist to it, and it was completely unexpected! I don't like twists to movies because it makes me feel like an idiot, and i think to myself 'gosh darn it cathhhh why didn't you think of that?' (: I thought that the actors were magnificent! They definately could act very well especially the mom when she was chocking her daughter because she thought she was an old lady. I'm still kind of skeptical on that part but i think i understand well enough. I recomended this to my family and my boyfriend and i give it 4 stars! PS- Thank you for the popcorn #1 teacher!!!! (: (: (:

The actors really were brilliant. Sorry that you didn't like the twist, sometimes I feel like that too, like I should have figured it out before they showed it. Glad you like the rest though. -Leann **


 * Week 2: I didn't really understand some parts untill i finished reading, for instince like the driver kept getting off and disappearing and then all of a sudden count appeared. But not i understand that part. I think that Count is a weirdo, like when he was basically crawling out of the window. I looooved that lady who gave Jon his crucifix, roserry beads. I thought it was really thoughtfull and then i knew that there was going to be some trouble if he needed those. It's ironic that all the men that proposed to Lucy knew each other. Not really sure if that has a meaning to the story but i guess we'll have to wait and see.  But it's a good book so far! Another thing I don't really understand is why is he getting Mina's letters but they're dated for before the actual date he's on..confusingggggg! :P **

i agree with you that the lucy situation is not really apart of the story yet. And when he got the rosary beads he should of got out of the town then.- Ryan Mahdy

I think it's a little ironic too that all the men that proposed to Lucy all know each other. Kind of like they're all competing for her love or something and when the woman gave Jonathan the crucifix, that was really a ringer that he was going to be in for something bad.- Alyssa Cone

Maybe I can help you a bit, the letters that that Count was having Jonathan write to Mina that were all dated for a month later, was because the Count wants it to look like Jonathan is well and on his way home when it truth he is still being held prisoner in the Castle, the Count just doesn't want anything looking suspicious before the thime is right, when he has done whatever he has planned for Jonathan. The rosary bead were deffinetly a sign of what was to come, a warning of sorts. I too found that all of the men that proposed to Mina werer friends, it just seems weird. Hope that helped :) -Leann

**Week 3: Okay, so this book is getting on my nerves. I don't understand why Lucy is fine one day and dying the next. Like i understand why Dr.Seward didn't stay with her every dang night, he's not her babysitter, VanHelsing should've stayed there and helped to. Also like whats with the garlic flowers? How does garlic protect you from vampires? I just don't really get it because i think it's dumb. And i thought you have to invite a vampire in, in order for them to enter your house.. Not a big fan of the whole vampire thing. And whats with the pretty lady or whatever? Like is that Lucy, and why is she targeting kids? Do they have like better blood or something?? Hopefully the book gets more understandable!

a lot of your questions were answered before you showed up to class. Ms. G**

Week 4: I don't understand how Renfield's moods are connected to Dracula's actions, unless they have like some type a mind connection. When i was reading I noticed that they all like came together as a unity and they just all seemed to fit together which made me happy that they are all working together against Count. Cause i'd personally like to punch him in the face. Taking innocent peoples lives. And it was weird picturing the whole Mina & Count scene while Jonathon was just laying there, helplessly, with nothing to do. I'm glad that this book is almost over, because i kind of feel like it's just dragging on, and Bram is just adding things that don't really need to be in there.

I agree, i feel like the book is dragging on. I wish the characters would have caught on to Dracula sooner and maybe more lives would have been saved. -Heather Remchuk

This book is definitely dragging on and taking everything way far into depth but i kind of like it in a way.. all of the explanations RACHAEL

WEEK 5 THANK GOD!!!!: Okay, so i liked that it was like a happily ever after kind of thing, but then again it's kind of like why the heck did i just read a 400 page book for it to be a happily ever after. LAME! Anyways, Van Helsing disappointed me by blocking the front door when Bram Stoker made it very clear through out the book that he was climbing out the windows and down the walls. DUHHHHHHH! I d3finately wouldn't read this book again, kind of pointless. I like just sticking the main myth of Dracula. I was excited that the three vampires came backkkk, i was like yippeee. Because that'd be rather lame if they were only in the book for that little part. Well i'm glad jon and mina made everything okayyyy. kaybyee