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Real life sighting of Dracula

Hi everyone,

Welcome back to the greatest blog on planet Earth, the Shooting Star Blog. For the past few weeks, I've been making my way through Bram Stoker's Dracula, the novel which introduces the most famous vampire into popular culture. But why is Dracula still so influential, and why is he the first character that we think of when we think of "vampire?" So today, I'll be giving you my reasons for why I think Dracula is still a good read, and why it has stood the test of time. 

Dracula is an epistolary (meaning narrated through letters, journals, etc.) novel that describes a vampire named Count Dracula, who initially lives in an old Transylvanian castle. However, he plans to move to London, a much busier place with more potential victims and a lower chance of being recognized. To aid him in buying new London property, he hires a lawyer named Jonathan Harker, and when Harker travels to Dracula's castle, he quickly finds out that he's been made a prisoner. After a couple months, Dracula moves to England and wreaks havoc in London, and a vampire hunting team is assembled to go and hunt down Dracula.

So why should you read this 126 year old book? One thing that makes Dracula great is the suspense found throughout the story. Granted, everyone knows today that Dracula is the big bad vampire so it's not really a surprise, but even then the novel does a great job building up suspense. For example, you begin to see Dracula acting increasingly strangely by interacting with supernatural forces and other bizarre things, which starts to make you wonder what Dracula will do next, and how powerful he really is. This suspense also makes you feel a sense of dread for the characters, which contributes to how immersive this novel is.

Dracula himself is also an amazingly written character. One reason why is because he's not just a "I kill you without any thought" type of monster, but that he is actually very intelligent and is able to deceive people, which in my opinion makes him scarier. For example, he seems like a classy aristocrat in the beginning of the novel which earns Harker's trust, however as we all know he has ulterior motives. 

Finally, it's actually not hard to read unlike a lot of older books. I know that some people may be afraid to dive into a classic because the language used might be harder to understand, but Dracula uses reasonably modern language, and it doesn't get bogged down in its prose to the point where it's boring.

So yeah, if you would like, go and check this book out. And make sure to never trust anyone who has weirdly sharp teeth. Thanks for reading,

-Jayden