The Dracula

Dracula

The tale begins with Jonathan Harker, a newly qualified English solicitor, visiting Count Dracula in the Carpathian Mountains on the border of Transylvania, Bukovina, and Moldavia, to provide legal support for a real estate transaction overseen by Harker's employer. At first enticed by Dracula's gracious manners, Harker soon realizes that he is Dracula's prisoner. Wandering the Count's castle against Dracula's admonition, Harker encounters three female vampires, called "the sisters", from whom he is rescued by Dracula. After the preparations are made, Dracula leaves Transylvania and abandons Harker to the sisters. Harker barely escapes from the castle with his life.

Not long afterward, a Russian ship, the Demeter, having weighed anchor at Varna, runs aground on the shores of Whitby in the east coast of England. The captain's log narrates the gradual disappearance of the entire crew, until the captain alone remained, himself bound to the helm to maintain course. An animal resembling "a large dog" is seen leaping ashore. The ship's cargo is described as silver sand and 50 boxes of "mould", or earth, from Transylvania. It is later learned that Dracula successfully purchased multiple estates under the alias 'Count De Ville' throughout London and devised to distribute the 50 boxes to each of them utilizing transportation services as well as moving them himself. He does this to secure for himself "lairs" and the 50 boxes of earth would be used as his graves which would grant safety and rest during times of feeding and replenishing his strength.

Soon Dracula is indirectly shown to be stalking Lucy Westenra, who happens to live in Whitby. As time passes she begins to suffer from episodes of sleepwalking and dementia, as witnessed by her friend Mina Murray, the fiancée of Jonathan Harker. Lucy receives three marriage proposals from Dr. John Seward, Quincey Morris, and Arthur Holmwood (the son of Lord Godalming who later obtains the title himself). Lucy accepts Holmwood's proposal while turning down Seward and Morris, but all remain friends. Dracula communicates with Seward's patient Renfield, an insane man who wishes to consume insects, spiders, birds, and rats to absorb their "life force". Renfield is able to detect Dracula's presence and supplies clues accordingly.

When Lucy begins to waste away suspiciously, Seward invites his old teacher, Abraham Van Helsing, who immediately determines the true cause of Lucy's condition. He refuses to disclose it but diagnoses her with acute blood-loss. Helsing prescribes numerous blood transfusions to which Dr. Seward, Helsing, Quincey and Arthur all contribute over time. Helsing also prescribes flowers to be placed throughout her room and weaves a necklace of withered Garlic Blossoms for her to wear as well. She however continues to waste away - appearing to lose blood every night. While both doctors are absent, Lucy and her mother are attacked by a wolf; Mrs. Westenra, who has a heart condition, dies of fright. Van Helsing attempts to protect her with garlic but fate thwarts him each night, whether Lucy's mother removes the garlic from her room, or Lucy herself does so in her restless sleep. The doctors have found two small puncture marks about her neck, which Dr. Seward is at a loss to understand. Helsing then places a crucifix around her neck, but soon after she is discovered dead with the crucifix missing. Helsing discovers that one of the nurses stole it the night before.

Following Lucy's death, the newspapers report children being stalked in the night by a "bloofer lady" ("beautiful lady").Van Helsing, knowing Lucy has become a vampire, confides in Seward, Lord Godalming, and Morris. The suitors and Van Helsing track her down and, after a confrontation with her, stake her heart, behead her, and fill her mouth with garlic. Around the same time, Jonathan Harker arrives from Budapest, where Mina marries him after his escape, and he and Mina join the campaign against Dracula.

The vampire hunters stay at Dr. Seward's residence, holding nightly meetings and providing reports based on each of their various tasks. Mina discovers that each of their journals and letters collectively contain clues to which they can track him down. She tasks herself with collecting them, researching newspaper clippings, fitting the most relevant entries into chronological order and typing out copies to distribute to each of the party which they are to study. Jonathan Harker tracks down the shipments of boxed graves and the estates which Dracula has purchased in order to store them. Van Helsing conducts research along with Dr. Seward to analyze the behaviour of their patient Renfield who they learn is directly influenced by Dracula. They also research historical events, folklore, and superstitions from various cultures to understand Dracula's powers and weaknesses. Van Helsing also establishes a criminal profile on Dracula in order to better understand his actions and predict his movements. Arthur Holmwood's fortune assists in funding the entire operation and expenses. As they learn the various properties Dracula had purchased, the male protagonists team up to raid each property and are several times confronted by Dracula. As they discover each of the boxed graves scattered throughout London, they pry them open to place and seal wafers of sacramental bread within. This act renders the boxes of earth completely useless to Dracula as he is unable to open, enter or further transport them.

After Dracula learns of the group's plot against him, he attacks Mina on three occasions, and feeds Mina his own blood to control her. This curses Mina with vampirism and changes her but does not completely turn her into a vampire. Van Helsing attempts to bless Mina through prayer and by placing a wafer of sacrament against her forehead, although it burns her upon contact leaving a wretched scar. Under this curse, Mina oscillates from consciousness to a semi-trance during which she perceives Dracula's surroundings and actions. Van Helsing is able to use hypnotism at the hour of dawn and put her into this trance to further track his movements. Mina, afraid of Dracula's link with her, urges the team not to tell her their plans out of fear that Dracula will be listening. After the protagonists discover and sterilize 49 boxes found throughout his lairs in London, they learn that Dracula has fled with the missing 50th box back to his castle in Transylvania. They pursue him under the guidance of Mina. They split up into teams once they reach Europe; Van Helsing and Mina team up to locate the castle of Dracula while the others attempt to ambush the boat Dracula is using to reach his home. Van Helsing raids the castle and destroys the vampire "sisters". Upon discovering Dracula being transported by Gypsies, Harker shears Dracula through the throat with a kukri while the mortally wounded Quincey stabs the Count in the heart with a Bowie knife. Dracula crumbles to dust, and Mina is freed from her curse of vampirism.

The story closed with a note left by Jonathan Harker seven years after the events of the novel, detailing his married life with Mina and the birth of their son, whom they name after all four members of the party, but address as "Quincey". Quincey is depicted sitting on the knee of Van Helsing as they recount their adventure.

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The Question:
1) What is the story about?
   a.Van Helsing
   b.The Dracula
   c.The Demeter
   d.Dracula Curses
   e.Hunting Vampires

2)Who is the main character?
   a.Lucy
   b.Mina
   c.Dracula
   d.Quincey
   e.Van Helsing

3)Why did Helsing attack Dracula?
   a.To kill all the vampires
   b.To release mina curses
   c.To destroy the "vampires sisters"
   d.To protect Lucy to become vampires
   e.To stop him make that place going chaos

4)Where did the Vampires hunters stay for a night?
   a.Lairs in London
   b.At random residence
   c.At Dracula real estate
   d.They didn't take a rest
   e.At Doctor Seward Residence

5)What is Dracula real name?
  a.Vlad
  b.Vladimir
  c. Pui de drac
  d. Radu Florescu
  e.Sheridan Le Fanu

My favorite place

Place i did like to visit

Switzerland

  

Switzerland (ˈswɪtsərlənd), officially the Swiss Confederation) is a federal republic in Europe. While still named the "Swiss Confederation" for historical reasons, modern Switzerland is a federal directorial republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities, called '"federal city" (German: Bundesstadt, French: Ville féderale, Italian: Capitale federale). The country is situated in Western-Central Europe, and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km² (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately eight million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.

 

I also like Switzerland cause of it’s cuisine. The cuisine of Switzerland is multifaceted. While some dishes such as fondue, raclette or rösti are omnipresent through the country, each region developed its own gastronomy according to the differences of climate and languages. Traditional Swiss cuisine uses ingredients similar to those in other European countries, as well as unique dairy products and cheeses such as Gruyère or Emmental, produced in the valleys of Gruyères and Emmental. The number of fine-dining establishments is high, particularly in western Switzerland.

Chocolate has been made in Switzerland since the 18th century but it gained its reputation at the end of the 19th century with the invention of modern techniques such as conching and tempering which enabled its production on a high quality level. Also a breakthrough was the invention of solid milk chocolate in 1875 by Daniel Peter. The Swiss are the world's largest consumers of chocolate.

Due to the popularisation of processed foods at the end of the 19th century, Swiss health food pioneer Maximilian Bircher-Benner created the first nutrition-based therapy in form of the well-known rolled oats cereal dish, called Birchermüesli.

The most popular alcoholic drink in Switzerland is wine. Switzerland is notable for the variety of grapes grown because of the large variations in terroirs, with their specific mixes of soil, air, altitude and light. Swiss wine is produced mainly in Valais, Vaud (Lavaux), Geneva and Ticino, with a small majority of white wines. Vineyards have been cultivated in Switzerland since the Roman era, even though certain traces can be found of a more ancient origin. The most widespread varieties are the Chasselas (called Fendant in Valais) and Pino noir. The Merlot is the main variety produced in Ticino.

What i do in Megantara Festival day

Megantara Festival

"School festival is great, but i think its better go home"

 

This day i wake up at half past five. i go to sleep again cause its was too early to wake up. Then i sleep and wake up again in quarter past six, i was panic cause of the little time. I walking briskly and go down from my dorm room in second floor. I take a quick shower but i thought that was clean enough, i come back to dorm room and wear Sundanese cloth with subordinate gray pants for doing parade and walks around city. I running to the gate of Bali's field, but actually it's still quiet there. I waiting there until the place is crowd, there was a kindergarten children to enliven the parade we are gonna be doing. i look these are people, there are a Reog Ponorogo parade too and they was in front of our line. I always laughing in my heart because of the make up of the kindergarten child

We start walking and start the parade in 8 o'clock we just walk and doing yel - yel  of the parade. i though this was really ridiculous. but suddenly its start drizzle when we walk in front of the Traffic Park, i though we would be wet but the drizzle is just coming for short time so we don't wet yet. we continue the walk in about a hour traveling around the cities. its almostly boring. Me and my group come first precede the parade and take a rest first around the field we waiting in ten minutes for the parade come. after the parade come there going here a Reog Ponorogo show I don't know what the dance mean and i didn't pay attention to the show. after the show we are allowed to go home, i come back to my dorm room. I come to McDonald in the BIP cause my friend invited me, we just eat and shares each other in that place. i go to gramedia after that to buy a color pen and silver marker. I haves a call from my dad that he was in front of the BIP to bring me at my home in Sumedang , there was also my mom in the car. I come to my dorm room and package my cloth to come home for 3 days caus of Idul Adha.

We come home with the Highway track and come home for 3 hour in the way home. i really yearn my house in Sumedang, cause of its great bed, my mom food, and its big house. there was all my sibling too. i  really want to go home.

My unforgettable moment

Everyone has their own unforgettable moment, right? Either i did. It's would be neither happy nor sad that makes it can not be forgotten. That moment has to touch your mind and your feeling that make it so unforgettable. The moment would be involve your family, your friends or just yourself

So lets my story begin

 Goes to Bali

 I was once go to Bali with my family and my cousin, his name is Andre. we goes to Bali when i was 4th grade in my primary school, SD Sindangraja. We plan to go to Bali in last week on half-term. My parents decided to invite my oldest-nearest cousin, Andre to go to Bali with us. My dad use Fortuner car to drive us to Bali. The journey takes three days cause of many break that we take, we gone there used Pantura track. We did like to stop in the side of beach stall to bought a young coconut. The journey to the Bali is also in a long time cause i always puke, i didn't know why i always puke if i gone everywhere by car. We cross the Bali strait by ship from Ketapang port

We come to Bali when the weather is sunny, in the trip to the city the ways is good, there was many tree in right and left side of the ways that seems say " welcome " to everyone come there. we cross the village that was crowd but still secure. the villagers also kind to every tourist. the first thing we do in Bali is to meet my parents friend. my parents want them to take us around this city. first of all they take us to a villa named violet villa. there was a pool in every little home in this villa. we take two villa for my parents and my little sister and brother, while i in the another villa by my cousin, my big sister, and i.

First day in Bali we spend in Sanur beach. we play sand and waves at that beach also we surfing and doing communicate with foreigner that i thought was come from Europe. we also going to mall named Ramayana in the afternoon, I come to stall that services us for change our money to dollar, but it can't cause it's just able to convert foreign currency to rupiah.that time i thought i can't get a dollar and swagger it to my friends in SindangRaja Elementary school. after that we choose a restaurant to take dinner. we come back to villa and playing games in laptop that named Lego Marvell Super Heroes.

Second day my parents friend took us to buy a souvenirs in mall that near from Kuta beach. it's took ma lot of time cause there was a lot of foreigner in that place. also we don't going to  the beach cause of the weather and  the beach is so dirty, there was a lot of trash in the side of Kuta beach. the place is out of capacity by tourist from either another country or from another district. lots of the foreigner is buy a traditional cloth that made by "jumputan" technic. in the night we come to villa around of 7 o'clock and  we swim together in our villa's pool it was so great.

The last day of the year is on the third day we was there we took a place to celebrate that in Sanur beach. there was lot of foreigner from another country, i don't even know a word about what they said. the place coming dusty after all of the people there shot their own fireworks it's was great and also never forgettabl.

We coming home in the noon of the 4th day. we come hgome after two day in the journey. that was my unforgettable moment.