Dracula阅读到一半，小说通过日记体的方式，通过不同人的日记描述，了解事情的来龙去脉，感受Dracula的可怕。
今天重点摘录小说里米娜Mina Murray的日记部分有关露西的描述。
Whatever my expection was, it was not disappointed, for there, on out favorite seat, the silver light of the moon struck a figure, snowy white. I could not see clearly, for it was quite dark, but it seemed to me as though something dark stood behind teh seat where the white figure shone, and bent over it. What it was, whether man or beast, I could not tell.
I did not wait to catch another glance, but flew down the steep steps to the dock and along by the fish-market to the bridge, which was the only way to reach the East Cliff.
When I got almost to the top of the stairs leading to the cliff's edge, I could see the seat and the white figure. There was undoubtedly something, long and black, bending over the white figure.
I called in fright, "Lucy!" and something raised a head, and from where I was I could see a white face and red, gleaming eyes. Then the clouds obscured the moon and there was darkness. I ran on, finally reaching Lucy.
这一段黑漆漆的夜里，露西梦游的描述，没有直接说什么吸血鬼，只是从米娜的角度说了她所看到的景象：“银色的月光照着一个雪白的身影。”“有一个长长的、黑色的东西正弯在白色的身影上。”这一切都不同寻常，让人会心生疑惑。同时，脑补这个画面，一个黑漆漆的夜晚，码头边空无一人，一个女人穿着睡衣在岸边的椅子上弯腰俯身，周围空无一物，这是什么景象？绝对的恐怖片画面。
再看另一日的描述：I saw only a bat flying about in the moonlight.
用蝙蝠从侧面来比喻吸血鬼的来临。文中多次提到蝙蝠和大鸟，来暗喻吸血鬼的来临。渐渐地，蝙蝠已经成了吸血鬼的代名词。
如何判断人变成了吸血鬼，最关键的就是红眼睛和尖利的牙齿。只要变为吸血鬼，一定是脸色苍白，嘴唇鲜红，闪烁着红光的眼睛，露出尖利的牙齿，小说中吸血鬼的典型特征，成为日后吸血鬼电影里的必备要素。
我们来看这一段对露西的描述：
She was awfully pale. The red seemed to have gone even from her lips and gums, and the bones of her face stood out prominently. Her breathing was painful to see and hear.
露西在朝着吸血鬼慢慢转变，她脸色苍白，瘦骨嶙峋，呼吸虚弱。这些特征都显示了她在慢慢变成吸血鬼，但是周围的人却毫不知情。
接着，露西一日比一日糟糕：
There on the bed lay poor Lucy, more horribly white than ever. Even the lips were white, and the gums seemed to have shrunken back from the teeth, as we sometimes see in a corpse after a prolonged illness.
这一段的描述更是形象夸张。露西的样子如同一具久病而亡的尸体那样。
露西一日更比一日糟糕的身体状况，也暗示在一步步面临死亡。她的朋友亲人在努力帮助她，最后还是无法逃脱死亡之神。露西死后，故事渐渐进入高潮，“吸血鬼”这个词才开始被大家认识。这时，Jonathan 这一条线，还有医生这一条线，露西这一条线，三条线索汇聚在一起，让故事的主线渐渐明朗。
最近细读小说的过程中，慢慢体悟到日记体小说的神奇之处。首先，这种形式显得小说很真实，仿佛这个事情就发生在身边一样。其次，作者需要从多个人的角度来描述事情的发展，推进故事，每个人写日记的方式手法情感表达都不一样，这些都出自一百年前的人所写。因此，这部小说被称为吸血鬼小说的鼻祖，绝对不枉虚名。
