Importance of Jonathan's Journal

Jonathan’s journal is a document that is written in shorthand and later transcribed into typing by Mina. This use of both shorthand and a typewriter, as well as the document’s expression of Jonathan’s innermost thoughts and feelings, make it a thoroughly modern artifact. It sparks Mina’s plan to amass all the documents related to the events surrounding Dracula, creating a chain of evidence as to their veracity despite their strangeness.