In my final saturation book, Dracula by Bram Stoker, I learned about how different perspectives can add depth to the story. "...over it he told me of a diary kept by Johnathon Harker when abroad, and gave me a typewritten copy of it, as also of Mrs. Harker's diary at Whitby (pg.234, Dr. Seward's diary)". All of the journals not only helped the reader understand the events of what was happening in Dracula but it also helped the characters themselves understand it. Without all of those different perspectives, it would have taken a lot away from the dramatic points of the story and the reader´s understanding. It also allowed the reader to see how everything connected and how much the different characters cared about each other. It allows better revealed some of the characters’ actions and motivations.
Something else I learned from Dracula was how vivid imagery can help the reader better understand what the character was seeing. It was easier to see what the characters were so afraid of when they describe Dracula and his pointed teeth and mouth full of blood, those eyes that burned with the fury of hell, and how it would paralyze them. By being able to better visualize the setting and characters, it helped the reader set the tone of the scene and what the characters were feeling. An example of there is a dreadful storm in Whitby. "...-the sea, running mountains high, threw skywards with each wave mighty masses of white foam, which the tempest seemed to snatch at and whirl away into space...(pg.87, Mina Murray's Journal)". With the description Mina gives the reader, it is easy to see how vicious the waves are and set an ominous tone, which is explained further on in the story.
The final thing I learned from Dracula was that not all characters need to be important but they need to connect together somehow, or at the very least have a purpose. There are several examples of this throughout the book, like with the insane asylum patient that lets Dracula into the house and Quincy Morris, who helps the main characters hunt down Dracula in the end. The best example of this though is the character, Lucy. All the main characters knew her, so she drew them all together with her death. "And then Lucy's breathing became stertorous again, and all at once it ceased (pg.175, Dr. Seward's diary )." Because she drew them all together, the main characters were able to get together and plot Dracula´s downfall. Without that connecting factor, the journals together wouldn´t work as well together and they might not have won in the end without their collective knowledge.
Something else I learned from Dracula was how vivid imagery can help the reader better understand what the character was seeing. It was easier to see what the characters were so afraid of when they describe Dracula and his pointed teeth and mouth full of blood, those eyes that burned with the fury of hell, and how it would paralyze them. By being able to better visualize the setting and characters, it helped the reader set the tone of the scene and what the characters were feeling. An example of there is a dreadful storm in Whitby. "...-the sea, running mountains high, threw skywards with each wave mighty masses of white foam, which the tempest seemed to snatch at and whirl away into space...(pg.87, Mina Murray's Journal)". With the description Mina gives the reader, it is easy to see how vicious the waves are and set an ominous tone, which is explained further on in the story.
The final thing I learned from Dracula was that not all characters need to be important but they need to connect together somehow, or at the very least have a purpose. There are several examples of this throughout the book, like with the insane asylum patient that lets Dracula into the house and Quincy Morris, who helps the main characters hunt down Dracula in the end. The best example of this though is the character, Lucy. All the main characters knew her, so she drew them all together with her death. "And then Lucy's breathing became stertorous again, and all at once it ceased (pg.175, Dr. Seward's diary )." Because she drew them all together, the main characters were able to get together and plot Dracula´s downfall. Without that connecting factor, the journals together wouldn´t work as well together and they might not have won in the end without their collective knowledge.