Why does Enfield stop describing Hyde as a man and compare him to a Juggernaut?
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
30 minutes total
ByRobert Louis Stevenson
Grade9-10
Time30 minutes
Essential question
Why does Enfield stop describing Hyde as a man and compare him to a Juggernaut?
Marked passage
Passage location
Story of the Door
Start anchor
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.
End anchor
It wasn’t like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut.
Passage focus
Hyde walks over the child
Ways to teach it
Listening
Listen to the exact passage; visual following is optional. Same question and evidence demand.
Solo
Read the exact passage independently.
Supported
Use narration and sentence highlighting while reading the same passage.
Teacher guide
Close
Name the single detail that most changed or sharpened your interpretation, and explain why.
Evidence
Use the literal trampling of the child and the point where Enfield abandons ordinary description for the Juggernaut image.
Mark
Underline the literal actions Hyde performs. Circle the words Enfield uses when ordinary human description seems inadequate. Star the comparison that makes Hyde feel more like a force than a person.
Instructional move
Read comparison as moral characterization
Notice
• What could Enfield describe factually without using figurative language? • What moral judgment enters the passage when he compares Hyde to a Juggernaut? • Why is 'not like a man' more disturbing than simply calling Hyde cruel?
Strong answer
Enfield reaches for 'Juggernaut' because Hyde's action feels less like ordinary cruelty and more like an impersonal destructive force. The comparison strips away normal human social restraint and makes moral horror physical.
Think
Answer provisionally: Why does Enfield stop describing Hyde as a man and compare him to a Juggernaut? Choose the strongest interpretation you can defend from this passage alone.
Watch for
Do not answer only that Hyde is violent. Explain why a force-of-destruction comparison says more than the action by itself.
Why this passage
Enfield’s language fails to make Hyde morally legible as an ordinary man, so he reaches for the image of a Juggernaut—an unstoppable destructive force. The comparison turns physical action into moral characterization before the novel has explained Hyde’s identity.
Write
Write a short evidence-based response to: Why does Enfield stop describing Hyde as a man and compare him to a Juggernaut? Use at least two details from the assigned passage and explain how they support your interpretation.
Student tasks
Mark
Underline the literal actions Hyde performs. Circle the words Enfield uses when ordinary human description seems inadequate. Star the comparison that makes Hyde feel more like a force than a person.
Notice
What could Enfield describe factually without using figurative language? What moral judgment enters the passage when he compares Hyde to a Juggernaut? Why is 'not like a man' more disturbing than simply calling Hyde cruel?
Think
Answer provisionally: Why does Enfield stop describing Hyde as a man and compare him to a Juggernaut?
Write
Write a short response using at least two pieces of evidence from this passage. Use evidence from the assigned passage. Show what you noticed and how the text supports your interpretation.
Ready-to-teach lesson
TumbleTA 6-12 · TEXT-BASED LESSON
BATCH 06 · 9-10 · LESSON 111
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Why does Enfield stop describing Hyde as a man and compare him to
a Juggernaut?
TOTAL TIME
PASSAGE
30 minutes
Hyde walks over the child
FIND THE ANCHOR TEXT
Use the Anchor Text Table of Contents in the Enhanced Reader to open the START anchor. Then use the dropdown to select the END anchor.
SECTION / LOCATION
Story of the Door
START
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.
END
It wasn’t like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut.
PASSAGE ID
sec-jh-01
THE MOVE
Read comparison as moral characterization
WHY THIS PASSAGE
Enfield’s language fails to make Hyde morally legible as an ordinary man, so he reaches for the image of a Juggernaut—an unstoppable destructive force. The comparison turns physical action into moral characterization before the novel has explained Hyde’s identity.
MARK
Underline the literal actions Hyde performs. Circle the words Enfield uses when ordinary human description seems inadequate. Star the comparison that makes Hyde feel more like a force than a person.
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NOTICE
What could Enfield describe factually without using figurative language?
What moral judgment enters the passage when he compares Hyde to a Juggernaut?
Why is 'not like a man' more disturbing than simply calling Hyde cruel?
THINK
Answer provisionally: Why does Enfield stop describing Hyde as a man and compare him to a Juggernaut? Choose the strongest interpretation you can defend from this passage alone.
WRITE
Write a short evidence-based response to: Why does Enfield stop describing Hyde as a man and compare him to a Juggernaut? Use at least two details from the assigned passage and explain how they support your interpretation.
CLOSE
Name the single detail that most changed or sharpened your interpretation, and explain why.
STRONG ANSWER
Enfield reaches for 'Juggernaut' because Hyde's action feels less like ordinary cruelty and more like an impersonal destructive force. The comparison strips away normal human social restraint and makes moral horror physical.
EVIDENCE
Use the literal trampling of the child and the point where Enfield abandons ordinary description for the Juggernaut image.
WATCH FOR
Do not answer only that Hyde is violent. Explain why a force-of-destruction comparison says more than the action by itself.
SOLO
Read the exact passage independently.
SUPPORTED
Use narration and sentence highlighting while reading the same passage.
LISTENING
Listen to the exact passage; visual following is optional. Same question and evidence demand.
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STUDENT PAGE · SAME PASSAGE, SAME THINKING
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Why does Enfield stop describing Hyde as a man and compare him to
a Juggernaut?
START ANCHOR
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.
END ANCHOR
It wasn’t like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut.
Use the Anchor Text Table of Contents in the Enhanced Reader to open the START anchor. Then use the dropdown to select the END anchor.
OPEN THE MARKED PASSAGE IN TUMBLELIT
SOLO: read independently. SUPPORTED: use narration + highlighting. LISTENING: listen to the exact passage. The question and evidence task stay the same.
1.MARK - Underline the literal actions Hyde performs. Circle the words Enfield uses when
ordinary human description seems inadequate. Star the comparison that makes Hyde feel more like a force than a person.
2.NOTICE - What could Enfield describe factually without using figurative language? What moral
judgment enters the passage when he compares Hyde to a Juggernaut? Why is 'not like a man' more disturbing than simply calling Hyde cruel?
3.THINK - Answer provisionally: Why does Enfield stop describing Hyde as a man and compare
him to a Juggernaut?
4.WRITE - Write a short response using at least two pieces of evidence from this passage.
Use evidence from the assigned passage. Show what you noticed and how the text supports your interpretation.
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