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The Strange Case of Dr. Kalluru and Mr. Vogel

Chapter 3: "To this rule...This is a matter I thought we had agreed to drop" (pg. 12-13) (Keerti) In this excerpt, Mr. Utterson talks to Dr. Jekyll for the first time in the book. Dr. Jekyll is characterized as a large, good-looking man of around 50 years of age. He is described as caring and kindhearted, especially towards his friend Mr. Utterson. When Utterson talks to Jekyll about the will, Jekyll brushes it off and seems to be very lighthearted about the topic. He tries to deviate from it by bringing up his thoughts about Dr. Lanyon and their disagreements. Utterson, however, is very serious about the matter. When Utterson questions Jekyll about Hyde, the panic is clearly visible on his face and he becomes cold and reserved in appearance - "The large, handsome face of Dr. Jekyll grew pale to the very lips, and there came a blackness about his eyes". This shows Utterson that there is definitely something suspicious about the matter. In comparison...

It was all for you... and yet it was all because of you.

When I say you, I am talking to every single one of you that will read this, and even then those who will never read it. I never know what to expect from you all, sometimes I find myself thinking about Gatsby or Walt Whitman, a sense of being within and without. I will probably cover it later in this blog post if I remember to get to it... I have a lot a want to cover but don't know how to say all of it. Normally I'm very good at making myself sound way smarter than I am, and writing like I always know what I'm talking about. You all probably knew me first as Chris Vogel, the really smart dude, or Chris Vogel, that quiet nerd that was in some class I had freshman or sophomore year. Yeah that was... or is me. It's hard to tell if I'm anything like that kid some of you may have first met. I keep losing track of time. I get ahead of myself or fall behind. I get distracted, I miss out on things, I make mistakes. I try not to but often times I blame myself and end up...

A Cover Story

Shown above are four alternate covers for the novel Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro. Each cover represents its own element of the story and does so in its own way. Particularly with the use of color, each cover prefaces the book with a different tone. The first image (the one in the top left) pictures an orange/tan background, resembling old paper/papyrus. In front of this background color is a blurry image of what appears to be a girl. This image suggests motion as if the girl in the image is spinning in one direction. Her face cannot be seen she appears to be in a blue dress of some sort. This cover may serve to allude to the theme of identity and individuality present throughout the novel, as shown by the girl in the image being faceless. By not giving the girl a face, the artist is intentionally preventing the girl from having an identity, and thus she becomes just another model for a girl, not any specific character. The motion in the image may suggest t...

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