Mr_Shank

Okay, this is our final post for Dracula. Shank has this idea that we’re doing another book, but I doubt it. Anyway, here are my final set of questions:

1. There comes a time in the story when Van Helsing is not able to hypnotize Mina. Obviously, it’s because she is becoming more of a vampire. What I want to know is your theories on the details. In other words, do you think that there is a certain part of being a vampire that prevents it? An example would be maybe because they are not really alive. What are your theories?

2. Why do you think that Dracula killed Renfield instead of turning him into a vampire? Explain.

3. What are your opinions on the ending?

4. If you could change the ending, how would you change it?

Now, we all need to start working on the RESEARCH PAPER!!!

-Brandon

This had to be one of the best books I have ever read.  I was a little disappointed with the ending.  I wish we learned what happened to Denn.  Did he beat Artie, or did he lose?  What do you guys think of this book and its ending?

“I got some advice for you, sweetie.  Take that ten grand I gave you and use it to buy yourself a ticket to Alaska.” (Pg.158)  This is said by Morty to Cattie.  Morty says this because Cattie gives Artie bad cards.  This shows how powerful Artie is.  You guys know that he does anything to get people back.  He took all of Denn’s money because Denn beat him in poker.  Who goes that far to get someone back?  This takes me to why Cattie did this.  Cattie did not give Artie the cards.  This either means she hates Artie or likes Denn.  What do you guys think about this?  I believe that this is her love for Denn.  First she gives him 10 G’s to get into the “Big Deal”, and now she stops helping Artie from winning.  She even gives Denn a couple cards while she was dealing at his table.  Next I would like to talk about Artie’s poker skills.  They must not be to good if he always is cheating.  This makes me very mad.  He barley has any poker skills, but he still wins because he knows people.  I wounder if Vegas is actually like this.  Can people win because of there money?  In this story this was very true.

“All-In” (Pg. 174).  These were the last words said by Denn in this novel.  These are the words that left us thinking “did Denn win?”  He was in the final of the big deal.  Denn only had a thousand chips left.  He called Artie, who had 999,000 chips.  Even if Denn would have won he wouldn’t have enough chips to cover the blind.  This was a great way for the author to keep the reader thinking.  This whole story has built up to this moment.  And now we learn that it is up to us, the reader to decide.  Did you guys like this cliffhanging ending?  Why or why not?  Also, in your mind did Denn win or lose?

-Julian Garcia