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When news had gone out between the captain and the crew that yet another two of our members have gone missing, I have been unable to sleep at night. Looking over at the noted logs from one of the members, mentioning a “tall, thin man, who was not like any of the crew, come [came] up the the companion-way. and go along the deck forward, and disappear” (Stoker 71), I instantly grew cold. I too, have seen such a being lurking the dark corners of my cabin late at night. At first I thought it was a figment of my imagination. Here and there, I have frightful dreams, but I do not think much of them, for they are only dreams. However, I knew that this was a true event and that the ship must be searched at once. After finding no such being on the cruiser, the crew and captain were in good spirits again. A few days had pass and I began to grow uneasy again. The weather at sea was horrendous. It was if the only weather possible was heavy storms and hectic waves. Returning back from my watch late night, I felt something creeping the corridors. As the ship rocked back and forth with the rhythm of the waves, I have finally seen the face of my stalker. It was the tall thin man! With blazing red eyes, full red lips with sharp white teeth, I was paralyzed in fear. I see the strange being charging at me with great speed. Although I could see him approaching me, I could not hear the sound of his feet on the floor. It was as if he was floating. Too busy focusing on the the speed at which he was approaching, I failed to realize that the man has his strong grip on my throat and pierced his mouth on it. His sharp teeth is was what brought me back into reality. It was a sensation I had never experienced before. Sucking the life and blood out of me, I began to think panic more and more, which grew more interest and excite to my attacker. The world around .e grew darker and darker. I truly wished I had never embarked on this journey. The crew and I were wrong, we were not alone on this ship at all… *Darkness*
After the first few crew mates have suddenly gone missing, the sailor is truly frightened. He knows that there is a unidentify being on the boat with him and his mates and after encountering him late at night, he knows that his fate has come to an end. He tries not to struggle because he knows there will be no way out of this, seeing the results of the missing mates and the logs they’ve been keeping.
This part I would definitely compare to Jonathan’s situation. Being frightened but at the same time so curious that he is frozen in being able to save himself. Sailors sail the sea in search of new discovery and this sailor had a brand new discovery on his very ship!
This was a huge turning point in Dracula because this is when Count Dracula comes back into the story and is coming over to England. What he was doing to these sailors, no one truly knows but obviously he was on board and was disguised maybe as the dog that later ran off the ship and was never seen again. For the captain didn’t note anything about having a dog on the ship. And later, a dog was found with it’s belly split opened and died a gruesome death.
A tall thin man disappears without a trace, sounds like an entity or some sort of creature. After reading the logs, there seems to be a vampire. The only vampires we meet are Dracula and his 3 other female vampires. Knowing how much power Dracula has, we know that the sailors were doomed from the start.