My Inner "Hyde"

After discussing the book The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde, I made the connection that everyone is a little like Jekyll and Hyde. Everyone has a part of Hyde, or evil rather, inside of them. One of my “evils” that has been consuming me lately is the case of “senioritis.” Throughout my senior year, I have noticed that I have not been trying as hard in school as I normally would have. I used to be productive and motivated to do my school work, but as graduation nears, I become more and more unproductive and less motivated. Before my senior year, I would occasionally procrastinate but I would eventually get the work finished and turned in on time. Now I sometimes, unfortunately, procrastinate and end up not doing the work at all. The first few times I began to slack off, it was easy for me to pick my work right back up again and continue. The more I slack off though, the harder it is for me to get back on the studious track I used to be on. I find myself like Jekyll in that aspect. The more Jekyll began to drink the potion to transform into Hyde, the harder it was for him to stop. The more I slack off in school, the harder it is for me to pick back up my school work again. Jekyll was not able to control his transformations at the end of the novel. I do believe, although it is hard for me to pick up my schoolwork again and it is difficult for me to find the motivation to do it, that I will be able to get back on the studious track I once was on again. I won’t let indulging in not doing all of my school work control me, especially once I begin college. I’m ashamed to admit that I’m not so good at taming my inner Hyde right now and I am indulging in the evil of not doing all of my school work, like Jekyll indulged in drinking the potions and transforming into Hyde. However, unlike Jekyll I will stop indulging in this evil before it controls me.