My motivation in life comes from wanting to succeed so badly that I will not stop until I am at the top. When one wants to succeed as bad as they want to breathe, nothing can stop them from achieving their goals.
2) If you were an author, what literary devices would you use to demonstrate that a character in your novel completely lacks any and all motivation? Provide at least five and explain.
If I were an author, I would use anagram because the character may not know what they are talking about or the whole subject matter, but are trying to act smart. I would also use characterization as a literary device because it shows what type of person they are. Mood is another device in literature that would represent the characters' emotion. Conflict and diction are the last two literary devices I would use to describe a character that lacks motivation because they both show they have a distinctive tone and have a dispute with themselves or another person.
3) What did you think of Van Helsing's "class" on vampires? Was it helpful to you as a reader? Why or why not? Answer in a complete paragraph.
Van Helsing's class on vampires was helpful in a way that he instructed everyone what to do in order to kill the vampire. He made sure everyone knew their jobs so this would be a successful job.
4) Reflect on Van Helsing's apparent Vampires 101 class. Would you have found it helpful? Condescending? Ridiculous? Could you imagine yourself within the scene while you were reading it? What was the experience like for you as a reader? What else did reading the scene do besides provide you with information about vampires and vampire lore?
In Van Helsing's "Vampires 101" class I would have found it helpful but also a type of laughable situation because it is hard to believe that the supernatural is real. I could imagine myself in the scene because the supernatural element interests me. Reading "Dracula", I thought it was somewhat bogus because it is hard to believe such a thing as Dracula could exist.
5) Why does Stoker decide to have a situation where all-things-vampire are explained in one setting? Is it repetitive for the reader? Informative? Ridiculous? How does he expect the reader to react? Does the reader assume the role of "student" in such a scene? How can the reader be sure the author is providing objective and helpful information in a scene? What other ways could an in-novel "class" be used within a text? What are the benefits? What are the negatives?
The one setting where the vampire class was done was informative and helpful. I like it better that way rather than being spread out and the reader maybe forgetting parts. Stoker expects the readers to react in a way that in shocking and hopes for it to blow them out of the water. The reader does not take the 'student' role in this scene. It is more of just understanding your job on how to kill Dracula. It is obvious Bram Stoker is providing helpful information. 
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