Red Headed League Analysis

The stories written by Sherlock Holmes are all easily connected to many of the things in life today. There are three main subjects of learning and knowledge that they can be connected to. These include science, math and social elements. The protagonist, Holmes, is a very logical man, and can think things out in more detail and in depth. Few people can solve things in the way which he does. I In all of the Holmes stories I have read, I find, have met at least three of the five elements of a mystery. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author, writes in a way in which it holds the readers attention and keeps you interested, this is a writing style which I enjoy very much. Every story can be connected to outside sources of knowledge in many ways. "The Red-Headed League" can be connected to science because Watson is always referring to people's appearances as animal like. This clearly shows his great intelligence of many species of animals, which he can decipher from one another very quickly and easily. Next, this story can be connected to math because Holmes uses deductive reasoning throughout the whole story in order to minimize the clues to the more important ones, and then to eventually solve the crime. Finally, this is connected to social elements because Holmes and Watson plan to go to a concert in the city. Information about German music and various other nationalities that they are frequently exposed to. Stories can also be connected to many other things, such as other sources of text, the world and what is currently going on, and to the reader them self. This story can be connected to another source of text because in the television show CSI Miami, where the criminals think very hard, and take time to plan out their crimes by attempting to enter the mind of a detective and predict their plan of actions in order to be successful. The same thing goes for detectives, who need to enter the mind of a criminal to predict the criminals actions. This text can also be connected to the world today. This is because many criminals use decoy plans in order to distract the police and investigators from their master plan. For example in this story, Spaulding uses Wilson as a distraction in order to keep Holmes from discovering his plan of robbing the bank by digging underground. And finally, "The Red-Headed League" can be connected to myself because when my sister Michelle and I try to take something from my other sister, Jamie, one of us will always be the distraction while the other completes the "mission" of taking the object, or piece of clothing. As the protagonist, Holmes is a very intelligent man and has a very unique logic when trying to solve a mystery. No matter what he is doing, Holmes always searches for small, but important, details in any situation. Just walking down the street, he will memorize the order of the buildings and many other small details that will eventually help him in solving his mysteries. Another example of the way his mind works, is when he was standing out front of Wilson's shop, he banged on the ground with his cane and found it was hollow and he also noticed Spaulding's trousers were dirty, deducing that he was digging a tunnel underneath the pawnshop to the bank. All mysteries have certain elements that make them a true mystery. For example, in this story, there was a suspect who was Spaulding. He was the man who came up with the plan of robbing the bank, and the following through of the actions following the plan. Spaulding was the person who was digging underneath the pawn shop in attempt to rob the bank. Also, there was a victim which was Wilson. He was victimized in this story because he was unknowingly tricked into a job which was sabotaged by Spaulding in order to keep Holmes distracted from the bank robbery plan. There was also a crime throughout this mystery. Which was the digging underneath the pawn shop in order to rob the bank. Fortunately Holmes' logic helped to end this crime before it was successful. Personally, I enjoyed this story much more than the first short story we read by Doyle. This one had a very well thought out and planned story which held my attention very well. I think that this story, and other Holmes stories like this which Doyle wrote must have taken a very long amount of time in order to come up with the many intricate details, over thinking of everything and the examining that Holmes does during his investigations. I believe that the Holmes series is going to have a very well written story line, and the stories to come are going to be attention holding and interesting enough to keep me enjoying the stories.