Dracula- Bram Stoker

The first few chapters of the book are Jonathan Harker's diary. In the beginning he is on his way to Dracula's castle. I was surprised to learn that it was to talk more about a home Dracula wishes to buy in London. Dracula is described older and more repulsive than I would have thought. Jonathan still does not know that Dracula is a vampire even with all the strange things he's notice happen.

"When I found that I was a prisoner a sort of wild feeling came over me. I rushed up and down the stairs, trying every door and peering out of every window I could find; but after a little the conviction of my helplessness overpowered all other things. When I look back after a few hours I think I must have been mad for the time,for I behaved much as a rat does in a trap(27 Stoker)."

In this passage is when the story starts to gain momentum. Jonathan has been staying out of courtesy but then he realizes that he has no choice. Before this, the story seemed as though it could be going no where, but then he indulges the audience's curiosity of what's in the rest of the castle. He finds all of the rooms locked except one. And then the first people other than Dracula and Jonathan are seen inside the castle. Jonathan lays awake but motionless while one of then bites his neck, which is an unusual reaction because most people would scream in pain.