Hound Of The Baskervilles Essay
Jeong 1
Ji Won Jeong
Ms.Santos
English 9 Honors
21 October 2015
Sir Henry Baskerville
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a fictional, mysterious book written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story takes place in the eighteen hundreds London, and in Devonshire, Baskerville Hall as the story progresses. The mystery begins when Sherlock Holmes finds a cane left in his office by an unknown visitor along with his assistant, Dr.Watson. The cane’s owner later appears to be James Mortimer, as he entered the office showing an 18th century manuscript. Mortimer mentions the “curse” of the Baskerville family dying suddenly under mysterious circumstances and Sherlock decides to take the case. They discover that Sir Henry Baskerville is the next victim of the murderer …show more content…
He was the next victim after Sir Charles Baskerville and the main reason was because of the money. Sir Henry had to stay away from the moor, as the letter he had recieved in London said, “As you value your life or your reason keep away from the moor”(56), which all letters were cut out from a newspaper except the word “moor”. If Holmes and Watson weren’t around Sir Henry in London, he could have been attacked by the murderer at any time.
The advantage of Sir Henry Baskervilles personality in the novel being fearless, doubtful, and affectionate made the plot of the story advance. These actions affected the mood of the story. It grabbed the reader’s attention and made it more interesting. The setting was also an important reason why the story had a suspicious tone. The Hall seemed like a depressing place and the moor added more feelings along with the darkness, rain, and fog.
Jeong 3
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a mystery book solving and putting the pieces together. All characters are mysterious in their own ways, which kept the reader’s interst of predicting who would be the murderer. The story’s isolated setting and detective made one of the best mystery novels of all
Ji Won Jeong
Ms.Santos
English 9 Honors
21 October 2015
Sir Henry Baskerville
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a fictional, mysterious book written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story takes place in the eighteen hundreds London, and in Devonshire, Baskerville Hall as the story progresses. The mystery begins when Sherlock Holmes finds a cane left in his office by an unknown visitor along with his assistant, Dr.Watson. The cane’s owner later appears to be James Mortimer, as he entered the office showing an 18th century manuscript. Mortimer mentions the “curse” of the Baskerville family dying suddenly under mysterious circumstances and Sherlock decides to take the case. They discover that Sir Henry Baskerville is the next victim of the murderer …show more content…
He was the next victim after Sir Charles Baskerville and the main reason was because of the money. Sir Henry had to stay away from the moor, as the letter he had recieved in London said, “As you value your life or your reason keep away from the moor”(56), which all letters were cut out from a newspaper except the word “moor”. If Holmes and Watson weren’t around Sir Henry in London, he could have been attacked by the murderer at any time.
The advantage of Sir Henry Baskervilles personality in the novel being fearless, doubtful, and affectionate made the plot of the story advance. These actions affected the mood of the story. It grabbed the reader’s attention and made it more interesting. The setting was also an important reason why the story had a suspicious tone. The Hall seemed like a depressing place and the moor added more feelings along with the darkness, rain, and fog.
Jeong 3
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a mystery book solving and putting the pieces together. All characters are mysterious in their own ways, which kept the reader’s interst of predicting who would be the murderer. The story’s isolated setting and detective made one of the best mystery novels of all