In the first chapter "Story of the Door" of the book Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde there was a moments that make you think of what society was like in the old days.A mysterious man runs over a little girl and leaves her screming there on the floor.later on from that moment is when Enfield tells Mr. Utterson about how that man cashed the check to the bank but put the name under Dr. Jekyll even though the check was given to them by someone named Mr. Hyde. This story puzzled Mr. Utterson because he knows Dr. Jekyll and is also his lawyer.
During this event the mysterious man Mr. Enfield and even the parents of the child didn't take actions. The incident was dealt with money, and never mentioned or talked about again. In the story murder is not considered serious. To have lost some one that was really close to you, doesn't seem to harshly affect them.
In our now a day society, if a situation such as this was to occur, the perpetrator would immediately react and would feel sorry for the individual who they have murdered. In Jekyll and Hyde, evil seems to be widely accepted, and this situation supports it truly as if you just drop your pencil.
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