In the novel Dracula, Bram Stoker uses the literary device of presenting the novel through letters, journal entries, and newspaper articles to reinforce the novel’s theme of protecting one’s home and family from attack by outsiders. Letters are slow to be delivered and can be read by people other than the intended recipient, so the characters are forced to describe some events and people in more pleasant terms than they might use in person. Journals more vividly capture the characters’ thoughts and feelings, while allowing the reader insight into the way the characters understand their situation. Newspaper articles are often presented in the most shocking manner possible in order to sell more copies.
Which hook would best open this literary analysis?
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Responses
What would you do if you woke up one day as a vampire?
What would you do if you woke up one day as a vampire?
If you thought you were in danger but could only communicate to your loved ones via letters, what would you say?
If you thought you were in danger but could only communicate to your loved ones via letters, what would you say?
How did people communicate in the days before phones and the Internet?
How did people communicate in the days before phones and the Internet?
Dracula is about a story about a man whose fiancée is attacked by a vampire.
1 answer
The best hook to open this literary analysis would be:
If you thought you were in danger but could only communicate to your loved ones via letters, what would you say?
This option effectively engages the reader by prompting them to consider the constraints of communication in a dangerous situation, which directly relates to the thematic focus of the analysis on protecting home and family from outsiders.
