how the use of the diary form narrative is beneficial to the

How the use of the diary form narrative is beneficial to the novel
Dracula. Bram Stoker, being the creative and intellectual writer
himself, wrote the novel Dracula in the diary form of narrative. This was a
good choice of how to write the novel since it was very beneficial to the
plot of Dracula. Examples of how the diary form is beneficial to Dracula is
seen in his writing and book. One of the greatest benefits of the diary
narrative is that the reader is allowed see, and feel the emotional hearts
and souls of the emotional characters. This is great because when a
character is not feeling too great and is trying hide something, the
readerknows this, and therefore the reader knows everything that is
happening; nothing is being hidden from the reader. An example of this
happening is when Mina is at the insane asylum and is worried sick about
something happening to Jonathan Harker. Mina hides all that she feels
when Jonathan Harker is near her. All that Mina is feeling is written by
herself, and what, how she is feeling is ready for a reader to examine
because they are able to see her diary. If Mina's diary was not open to
the reader, or if Someone was telling of what he or she saw, the
observation could be false and the reader would lose valuable information
that would be valuable to the whole plot of the book. Some things
that can be noticed about the diary form is that different views of the
same thing can be expressed by many different people; all in first person
view. Then, along with that, there are extensive and very detailed
descriptions about a thing, or person that is being described. In the
novel, this is seen as Jonathan Harker is traveling and he describes
almost everything, he does, eat, sees, etc. Another use of the diary
form is that Bram Stoker can have people "talk to themselves." So if the
person who is writing in his or her diary, that person can make notes to
him/herself writing "I must ask the Count about this." So by "talking to
him/her own self" in this manner, he is writing it down and they do not in
any way make it so that they seem strange in front of public. The
good thing about using the diary to write is that it can be used

interchangeably with periodicals and letters being written or read by a
person. In the same way as in a diary, extensive descriptions and large
emotional feelings can be expressed and felt by the reader. Also, during
the usage of letters, two people conversing will and can be written out in
dialog form; because of this, the two people, while talking, will not have to
switch tenses after a couple of sentences. When the newspaper form is
used, the reader can see what is happening and will be able to think for
themselves and they will not have to have the book, or someone in the
book explain what they are reading to them. So in other words, if a
newspaper is written in the book, the reader will have the freedom to
think, derive, and draw their own conclusions from the article being read.
When the diary form is used, many things can go on at once. So
one person can be talking or writing about something, and then someone
else can also be telling about what is happening somewhere else. An
example is where Mina finishes writing a journal entry and then all of a
sudden, a new story of Dr. Van Helsing and his patient comes in through
a new start of a diary. A great thing that is controlled wonderfully with
the diary form is time. Time, which normally cannot be changed or
moved around can be taken back through time for things that need to
happen when the diary form of narrative is used. For instance, after Lucy
had written what was happening to her when her mother passed away,
the story went back in time for another important matter to take place.
When, there are different people of different places, they can be
identified by how they act and how they talk. If, Bram Stoker did not use
the diary form narrative, this would not be possible because if one person
was telling the whole story, the reader would see and hear what the
person telling the story heard and wrote down. So using, the diary, Bram
Stoker could make the reader "see" exactly how a person was talking and
acting through the written dialects. In the novel Dracula, all the
diaries, of all the individuals come together and in the end, become one

powerful, combination of descriptions, facts, that represents a group as a
whole and the reader can feel as if they are part of the group and read,
and think along with the characters. Another thing dealing with the
diary form is quick referencing. The reader, if needed, can easily flip
back through the book to look for something that he needs or wants.
The diary form is great! It lets a reader feel, and see how characters
interpret things themselves. The form lets dialogues take place, it lets
many people altogether tell a story in first person, and it lets a reader be
able to see densely detailed scenes through a person that isn't being a
fool talking to him or her self. The diary form of narrative is basically a
form of writing that lets a huge possibility of good ways to write into a
good book.