Bram Stoker's Dracula: Jonathan Harker

Read on if you are a Dracula fan!

Many people discuss how passive Jonathan Harker is in Dracula and how he is aloof compared to others. Depends which Jonathan Harker you mean: the one in the original novel or the one Francis Coppola made in the 1992 movie Dracula. In the movie, Jonathan was such a bad example of the real Jonathan Harker in the novel. I believe it is one of the worst performances by Keanu Reeves. He doesn't speak, doesn't share opinions, he let women sexually abuse him and he conforms to everything everybody says, and just like someone commented before, he manages to say to Dracula in the beginning of the movie, "I have offended you with my ignorance, Count. Forgive me", uhhhh.

As for the novel, Harker is traumatized after his experience in Transylvania and for the second half of the story, he is only a wreck of a man, especially after Mina gets bitten by Dracula. He is not the wittiest of the 4 men, but being a solicitor, he knows the minute details of how things work and he is organized and passionate about getting the job done. He is very meticulous and this is exactly what the team needed. Everyone in the team had something to offer and this is what Jonathan offered.