The graphic novel was a fun piece to read and really gave a visual picture of the novel. There is not many differences between the novel and the graphic novel. The biggest difference is that the graphic novel only includes the most important events and highlights in the book, as opposed to the novel which provides details about places and people and we get a vivid pictures of the reaction of the characters. For example, the author in the book describes the places as empty and dark yet building surrounded everywhere, though in the graphic novel everywhere looks pretty much like plain walls, and the color doesn't really demonstrate the dark and demented feel that is described in the novel. Also in the graphic novel, In the graphic novel we get a sense of the authors view of each character and how they look. I think the graphic novel is more for entertainment, where a novel is made to capture a readers attention and build up tension and suspense to make it more interesting. The differences are not bad, the graphic novel just highlights the important part in the book, it leads straight to the point of each event. A graphic novel can help enhance the message because it is so straight forward with the message. The pictures also help enhance the novel's message. The graphic novel uses word specific combinations, where the pictures illustrate exactly what is going on in the scenes. For me, I didn't not have to read all the words to understand exactly what the pictures were trying to get across.
This is a image from the book on page 58. I think this picture enhances the novel because it is one of the most important scenes in the book. After this scene the truth begins to unfold and we get to find out the real story behind Jekyll and Hyde. I think that the author purposely made this scene a double spread because of its importance in the graphic novel. The word choices are very clever because they are the most important words in the scene.
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