I hope my English grader reads this!

So, I can't keep up a steady stream of fiction. This is obvious. But I do a lot of homework now that school has started and you can read that if you want to. Here is my first English essay for the year. I have to say that my brother has been a great help and he kept me in focus on this assignment. This hasn't been graded yet, but I'll let you know how it does. But I warn you, this may cause me to rant if they grade it badly. I swear they are all against me... I hate them.

“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
Essay I (Character Sketch)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is the story of an experiment conducted by an honorable scientist, Dr. Jekyll. He makes a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde. At first, Jekyll likes this change, but he soon finds that it comes at a price.
Jekyll enjoys being Mr. Hyde. He finds it to be a freeing experience, making him “younger, lighter, happier in body“#. It provides him with the anonymity he needs to enjoy filthy pleasures without sullying his good name.. “For [him], in [his] impenetrable mantle, the safety was complete” (67). Also, when he has enjoyed his fill, he can easily drink the potion again and “Mr. Hyde would pass away like the stain of breath upon a mirror“ (67). He’s finally living his life the way he thinks he wants to.
Mr. Hyde soon gets out of control. The more Jekyll turns into him, the stronger Hyde gets being thus “exercised and nourished“ (69). “If this were much prolonged,” Jekyll discovers, “the balance of [his] nature might be permanently overthrown, the power of voluntary change be forfeited, and the character of Edward Hyde become irrevocably [his]” (69). Eventually, he does takes over, causing Jekyll to change without taking the potion. This frightens Jekyll, who realizes that he is losing control.
Jekyll resolves not to use the potion ever again and “in [his] future conduct to redeem the past“ (73). For two months, he doesn’t become Hyde and he thinks he is recovering. Just as he begins to believe this, Hyde surfaces again and Jekyll has to fight against the change constantly, a battle that wearies him. Finally, one of the ingredients he needs for his potion runs out and he cannot get a replacement. Without this valuable weapon, Jekyll must sadly resign himself to the inevitable take over of the evil Mr. Hyde.
Dr. Jekyll has always been an upstanding citizen, but he wants to enjoy himself. He cannot do so as himself, but as Hyde he can, thus keeping safe the good reputation of Dr. Jekyll. When he discovers that this is not all he thinks it is, he has to fight against Hyde to keep him from taking over permanently.