chapter 9

In chapter nine we find out that actually John is ok and he is getting better which for a reader felt like a great releif off my mind. I want John to explain what happened to him and see his travels written down but i feel that Bram Stoker left this adventure open to the readers imagination which therefore personlises it making the story of John even greater to think of. For me i would just imagine John running away from millions of wolves with Dracula in the centre flying towards him. John manages to jump onto a train and gets to safety although im sure it was much worse than that. After this we go back to Lucy who now i feel is becoming the main in this story which is a shame cause i would have hoped that John would still be included although so far he is not and Dr seward becomes the hero with Lucy as his woman in destress much like John and Mina who now seem resolved in their story.
My views on Van Helsing are that he seems to be a good man with good intentions yet seemingly strange in his techniques. This novel has made me weary of every character and their intentions but i do beleive that Van Helsing will help lucy in the future.
Could Lucy be turning into a vampire? or is it just the aftermath of being bitten by Dracula? Van Helsing's visit seems to be a bit of an anti-climax because all he says is that he must think which is strange and intrueging but still somehwat annoying that nothing is being done about Lucy's condition. Descriptive and lexical choices are not as artistic as Bram has been doing but i beleive this is so that the novel gets to its point quicker to give the reader as sense of constant instances that are happening therefore making them read intently through the letters.
The overall chapter has answered a few question but then has aroused new ones to mind and also has given me a new fear of how Lucy will survive and by what means Van Helsing will treat her.