ers between two characters, and later to a newspaper article. It follows this patternroughly throughout the book. At various points, the plot builds up with one character'sjournal and then it jumps to another character's journal so that you must read a waysthrough it before the exciting conclusion to that particular event is revealed. At othertimes deductions must be made on what a character has written to ascertain what hasoccurred. There is a good example of this when the first character, Jonathan Harker, isimprisoned in the castle close to sunset and knows that the Count will attack him thatnight. His journal ends as he describes what he might do to escape. But the success ofhis escape is not evident until the first part of his fiancee's journal is completed. This sortof suspense can be quite frustrating and annoying at times. Thus it's purpose is oftendefeated and the plot suffers. But there is also the more prevalent type of suspense usedwhere the character is on the verge of an important discovery or he is in a dangerouspredicament but the author is slow to divulge what is to happen. When the suspense wasused properly, it proved to be both interesting and very dramatic. In conclusion, Bram Stoker's Dracula turned out to be a very exciting and fascinatingnovel. The plot was well structured and was very suspenseful. The author used hishistorical knowledge of Europe, particularly Hungary and Transylvania, very well inconveying a certain idea in the book. For example, Count Dracula was described as anoble of the Magyar peoples of eastern Europe who fought valiantly against invadersduring the 14th and 15th centuries. Full insight was given into the minds andpersonalities of almost all of the well developed characters. Initially, the Count remainedsomewhat mysterious for a specific reason. This allowed for the main characters toslowly discover who the Count really was thus developing the character slowly for thereader...
