Compare And Contrast Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

Addiction, Recovery, and Healing The Addiction Center estimates that 21 million Americans have some sort of addiction. They also estimate that only 10% of them get help. Addiction is the state of being devoted to an action or an object. People who are addicted to something can go through withdrawal, a physical and mental reaction to being deprived from that action or object. To break free from addiction, one has to overcome withdrawal and support themselves or have other people support them. Both the novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the “Cinderella” fairy tale explore addiction as well as the importance of support during the healing process. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a book written by Robert Louis

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a glimpse into the mind of an addict who chooses to never recover. Dr. Jekyll describes his condition as “conscious of a heady recklessness”, and his state as “a solution of the bonds of obligation” (Stevenson 67). How he describes himself is much similar to how an addict would describe the high they experience. Although this can seem harmless, it is important to state that substances make the body feel worse in the future, even though it can feel stress-relieving in the present. Most often, addicts use these substances to “ease pain” (Prescription Drug Abuse, Causes). The doctor also falls into this category, because he is escaping from the depression and mental pain he feels. When confronted about this problem by his friend Mr. Utterson, he turns confrontational and cold, “I do not care

Cinderella was forced to work for her step sisters all day and when she was “tired out” she had no bed, and so she “rested among the cinders” (Grimm, Paragraph 2). Her life is troubled because of her stepsisters, she doesn’t even have a bed to sleep on. Just like Dr. Jekyll, she wants to ease her pain, but she does not turn to any substances. Instead, she bears her circumstances; but without support from others, she cannot get out. When she gets ‘support’ from her birds, she wore “a dress of gold and silver” and “slippers of silk and silver” and goes to meet the prince at the ball (Grimm, Paragraph 13). Her supporters, the birds, transform Cinderella into a beautiful princess. Everyone “heals through support” (Bach and Hoskinson, 1). Cinderella’s support heals her and turns her into a princess. Of course, the transformation itself represents her transition from a hurting, depressed woman into an attractive and wealthy-looking woman, because her supporters helped her to transition. When her support is there, on her shoulders, she is healing from her past. “Cinderella” is a tale about a young girl who recovers through support, unlike Robert Louis Stevenson’s main