No more Edward Cullen

               This is now my second time reading through Dracula, I read it my freshman or sophomore year in high school, and I’m starting to remember why I like it so much. It’s a very interesting way to write a story by making it a series of different types of notes and writings, instead of having a narrator talking about everything that is going on. Having a bunch of separate people narrating everything that is going on adds another dimension to the story because we can get behind the thoughts of the different characters, and how they feel about the Count. The only bad things about the story are that there are certain things that make the story boring to read, the times going on and on about random things and some unnecessary writings that we don’t need to continue the story.

                Even though the novel isn’t considered a mystery but instead a horror, it still reads as a modern-day suspense story or thriller. I always really liked Dracula’s character in this story, he makes me feel somewhat uneasy and uncomfortable, knowing what he is and the way he talks to people and interacts with those around him. Stoker just does such a great job in creating this super creepy and suspenseful character that is the best way to show a vampire. If you think about who Stoker took inspiration from, Vlad the Impaler, it makes Dracula even that much creepier. Vlad the Impaler was someone who would put his enemies up on stakes in front of his castle, scaring those that would come to talk to him and make sure that no one else would even dare to mess with those in Vlad’s kingdom. This makes the Count ten times creepier, knowing that there was someone that did something like things that are in the book, and that there are accounts of his terrors.

               This is the real way that vampires and werewolves should be portrayed, none of that Edward and Jacob crap that there is now. Vampires should be creepy, Dracula always makes the situation suspenseful, and they should be something that people do not want to be around, avoiding them at all times. Having someone that is as creepy as Dracula creates a much better dynamic for the story, people are so afraid of him and do not want to go near him at all.