Some themes that I found while reading Dr. Jekyll are that you can’t run from your past, don’t hide your true self, and that the easy way out leads to more problems. My essay will only cover the three most important topics and how they relate to the book and real world connections. Dr. Jekyll has been the only character in my opinion that these three themes apply to so I will only be talking about him (and his counterpart, Mr. Hyde). The first topic I found in Dr. Jekyll is that when you take the easy way, it may lead to more problems. Dr. Jekyll tries to take a break from his old life by turning into Mr. Hyde. “I was not only well known and highly considered, but growing toward the elderly man, this incoherency of my life was daily growing more unwelcome. It was on this side that my new power tempted me until I fell in slavery.” Dr. Jekyll was tempted to be the younger version of himself by turning into Mr. Hyde since Dr. Jekyll was growing to be ancient. My real world connection is the scene from “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” when the main character, David Stutler, tries to use his magic to clean up the basement before his girlfriend comes. …show more content…
Dr. Jekyll disappears many times throughout the book because of Mr. Hyde. Such as when he turned his life around for the better, but when back into seclusion, “The doctor was confined to the house,” Poole said, “and saw no one.” He eventually did not get the help he needed from other people since he hid from the world and died very tragically. My real world connection is from the movie “Shrek” when the main character, Shrek, hides in his swamp and secludes himself from humanity. Even though Shrek wants to be a part of society even though he is very lonely. He showed these feelings when he talked to Donkey, his friend, “for your information, there's a lot more to ogres than people