Everyone changes throughout life, not only in body, but also in mind. When kids turn into teenagers, they become extremely different: their appearance changes, and they may also become more defiant towards authority. This sort of change is apparent in the book "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," a short novella by Robert Louis Stevenson. At first, the main character, Dr. Henry Jekyll, is naïve and has an extremely different view on Hyde than he does in the end. As his normal self, he cannot do as he wishes and has to preserve his good reputation, which is key in his time period of strict social norms: the Victorian era. As time passes, though, his view on his immoral creation that transcends human nature totally changes. Instead of finding Hyde as an escape, he is horrified and fears turning into him. Although Dr. Jekyll in the beginning and Dr. Jekyll in the end of the book may be similar because they both don’t act out about their new creation, Hyde, they are more so different in that they think of Hyde in unalike ways, have less control over him, and have much different outward appearances. Both Jekyll’s are ignorant about Hyde, and barely do anything about him that is helpful-- not one of them tries to destroy him. Jekyll believes that Hyde will be an escape for him; an open door in the strict confines of Victorian society. In his confession, when he is turning into Hyde for the first time and experiences the amazing feeling of being a new person, he says that “There was something strange in my sensations, something indescribably new and, from its very novelty, incredibly sweet” (30). Jekyll loved being Hyde and isn’t even penitent about creating him, even though he knew how evil he was. However, the new Jekyll is a lot more experienced, and finally sees Hyde in his true light: a murderer and malefactor. He eventually does makes the right decision, and forces himself into a situation where he has to be punishe