Mr Hyde's Pad

What is a novel?

Let's say that a novel is nothing more than a padded short story. Call of the Wild, The Red Pony, Heart of Darkness, The Pearl , Animal Farm ,Of Mice and Men, The Red Badge of Courage are seven  that come to mind.

And of course, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Naturally, they are favored by students everywhere because they are so short. Are they novels or are they short stories? They certainly do not have a lot of padding. Take Call of the Wild for instance. We don't learn much about Buck's owners. In a normal sized novel, the focus might  have been more on the humans and less on the dog. Thank God, Jack London knew better. It's easy and fun to imagine how all of those "novels" could be further padded.

If a novel is a short story with padding then what is a short story.

A short story is a paragraph with padding.

Dr. Jekyll was pretty nice guy who took things a little too far. He stumbled upon a potion that released the dark side of his nature. That dark side took on a physical form of its own. Jekyll liked the freedom exercised by the dark side which he called Mr. Hyde. Hyde was not a nice guy. He was a brutal ball of hate. Jekyll thought he could control Hyde by temperate use of the potion that caused Hyde to manifest. Unfortunately, Jekyll became addicted to Hyde and forgot about temperance. When Jekyll died, his lifeless body turned into Hyde.

If a short story is a paragraph with padding what is a paragraph?

A paragraph is a sentence with padding; a complex-compound sentence.

Although Jekyll was a pretty nice guy, he became a real asshole whenever he took a dose of the potion that he invented because the potion activated his evil side which he enjoyed until he became addicted and Hyde took control until Jekyll's death.

What turns an idea into a compound complex sentence?

A compound sentence contains at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. If you want to pad a sentence use subordinate conjunctions within the sentence. Here are 14 subordinate conjunctions.....although, after, as, as if, as soon as. because, before, even though, if, until, when, whenever. When you want to crate an independent clause use an independent conjunction...here are three common ones  and, but ,or, nor 

What is a compound complex sentence? A compound complex sentence is a complex sentence with padding. What padding is removed to turn a compound-complex sentence into a complex sentence? Simply remove an independent clause by eliminating an independent conjunction

Dr. Jekyll was nice guy who fucked himself up by drinking a potion that turned him into Mr. Hyde.

What is a complex sentence? A complex sentence is a compound sentence with padding.

Good Dr Jekyll drank a potion and evil Mr. Hyde sprang to life.

What is a compound sentence? A compound sentence is a simple sentence with padding. What is the padding? A compound sentence has two independent clauses which mean it has two different subjects and verbs but no dependent clauses/subordinate conjunctions.

A simple sentence contains a complete thought which is an independent clause. 

Dr. Jekyll created Mr. Hyde.

What is a sentence? A sentence is a padded group of words. The padding is a subject and a verb.

What is a word?

Some say the bird is the word

The Beatles say the word is love.

I agree with the Beatles.

The word here however, is, Jekyll.