"Story of the Door" Reaction

Think of a memorable moment from the chapter "Story of the Door" in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.  What does this moment make you think about?  What connections can you make to some of the information you have read about in the prereading articles?  What themes are potentially implied through this moment in the text? 

One particular moment that I believe was memorable from the chapter " Story of the Door " in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was of Mr. Enfield's strange story when he and Mr. Utterson approached a rather peculiar, distained door. His story and how Stevenson described it left me abashed, flustered in my own thoughts as I continuously read over it to fully grasp it's meaning. Pursuing deeper into the context, I suddenly came in realization that certain parts of Enfield's tale connected with articles from the prereading assignment, as well as potential themes that managed to confine itself within the text.

From Mr. Enfield's explanation, he began to unravel the scene he supposedly witnessed, " All at once, I saw two figures; one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street. Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; and then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see. " He further identified the perpetrator, in his perspective, as " ...some damned Juggernaut. " I stopped myself at that scene and began to contemplate my thoughts, reviewing over what had just happened in this moment. This made me think about the savage and heedless nature of most people in our world, our society to this point. In reality, if such an event occurred, the most reasonable thing to do were to assist the wounded child and move on, rather than to leave them on the ground in tears and ignore it entirely. As I advanced further into the text, Enfield mentioned the term, Sawbones which honestly alluded me into thinking it was a particular group of people. When looking back at the paragraphs before and after it, I developed a sense that the Sawbones were the injured girl's family, presumably seeking revenge to the man who committed the act in the first place. After rereading and picking out key components in the story, I finally deciphered the whole theme, meaning behind what the author intended, including connections to the articles assigned in the prereading section.

Referring back to the articles, the " Good and Evil " one specifically caught my attention during Mr. Enfield's strange tale. “Whether something is good or evil is determined by society and whether society has made that decision correctly or incorrectly...”This evidently portrays the incident pertaining to the man and young girl, seeing as his actions toward the girl were harsh, unforgivable, society's judgment would be correct in believing that the deed committed was presumed, Evil. The main theme prominent in this selection is in reality, equality is enforced upon society and all should be treated as such, regardless of age, sex, race, and so on.