A memorable occurrence in the readings of "Dr Jekyll and Mr .Hyde" as quoted by two excepts in the story were, "I took the liberty of pointing out to my gentleman that the whole business looked apocryphal , and that a man does not, in real life, walk in to a cellar door at four in the morning , and walk out with another mans cheque for close upon a hundred pounds. " and , " I gave in the cheque myself, and said i had every reason to believe it was a forgery. Not a bit of it. The cheque was genuine".
After doing a bit of reading about forgery in the Victorian era i found out that forgery was as extreme as murder, and was served with hanging as a justice being served punishment. It spurred a few questions. Lets say the check was fake, what action would Mr. Enfield had taken then? Would he have reported this impostor? Would he have done something even more extreme? When you think about a story you circle around that one event that causes everything to move in motion, like the world on its axis. If the check was faulty then this fraud Mr. Hyde would not only be publicized for his horrid deeds but would also be in trouble by law. As humans we all make assumptions that come the most natural to us. It was Mr. Enfield's natural intuition that this check would be fake , which would some what ease his state of mind, but the irony was the fact that the check indeed was not a forgery . From that point it put everything into perspective. It is the foundation of what is to come next. It makes you reflect on all of the things and memories in life that occur all from one tiny deal breaker. In this story that secret ingredient was the check being cashed without hesitation or suspicion of fraud from people such as the bank cashier. Without that event happening , Mr.Utterson would have not gone home and studied over the will , he wouldn't have made attempts to get to the bottom of why Mr.Hyde had access to Dr. Jekyll's whole life , almost as if this vile man has stepped in one of his oldest friends shoes and taken his place. The small fact I am stressing in this entry is merely the realization of what events cause a story to be told.
I agree with what you have to say. I like how you pulled out quetes from the book and used it to explain your reaction to the chapter. You also have good points to why this all happened.
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