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How Does Sherlock Holmes Solve A Crime
Being a great detective can be a very hard and dangerous job for the average, everyday person. Sherlock Holmes is not an average person though. He has the ability to find out things that other people cannot in a short amount of time. Holmes knows exactly what to look for in each type of crime that he is investigating. It does not matter the size of the crime that has been committed Holmes will find a way to figure it out. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle portrays Sherlock Holmes in The Blue Carbuncle as cunning, admirable, and remarkable. Doyle does this by giving details about the way Holmes finds clues and other things to help him solve a crime.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle portrays Sherlock as cunning not just in The Blue Carbuncle but in the other adventures as well. Even with crimes that are rather large, Sherlock has the mind set of, "The simpler for the bigger crime the more obvious as a rule is the motive in these cases, save for one rather intricate matter" (Doyle 1). What Doyle means by giving Holmes this mind set is that nothing too big or too small will make it to where Holmes cannot do his job. Just sometimes the bigger crimes are a little easier to figure out but it really depends on the situation.
Sherlock is a quick thinker when it comes down to solving something. He does not just jump into
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He has to deal with the people that committed the crime and the people who were wronged. He has to keep a clear and focused mind, "No, but I observe the second half of a return glove in the palm of your left glove" (Doyle 4). People have to be able to observe the little things that are not noticeable at the moment but will eventually be noticeable in the long run. Sherlock Holmes is very observant in all of the crimes that he has to try and figure out. If someone becomes a detective, they have to be able to pay attention to the things around them and be able to notice things that are not

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