by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ Sherlock Holmes is a very memorable detective. One of his memorable characteristics is that he is very observant. He observes his surroundings like nobody else does. An example of this is Holmes saying to Watson‚ “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by chance ever observes” (pg. 36). Another example of this is when Holmes notices Watson eyeing the walking stick left in Holmes’s apartment early in the book. Watson says to Holmes‚ “How did you know what I was
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REVIEW: Sherlock (to Watson): “The name’s Sherlock Holmes and the address is 221b Baker Street.” Now‚ I’ve never touched a Sherlock Holmes book during my life time‚ but I have still somehow gained so much information of the characters in the book and the story lines and everybody knows for sure that Sherlock Holmes is the world’s favorite detective. When you think of Sherlock Holmes‚ you most likely think of him as a character comfortably settled in Victorian London and if you would create
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and hatred. ‘The speckled band’ is written in 1st person and the story is narrated by Dr Watson‚ Sherlock’s partner and dear friend. The story begins with Dr Watson looking over his old notes and introducing us to his views and feelings on Sherlock Holmes and his amazing talent for solving murder mysteries. We are taken ba He also uses individual words which manifold wickedness of human hard‚ ‘horror’ to emphasis the atmosphere. The language is typical of the Victorian era as everyone spoke very
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Edgar Allan Poe’s character Dupin was looked fondly upon by Sir Arthur Doyle‚ so much so that Doyle based aspects of Sherlock Holmes off this timeless crime solver. The Hound of the Baskervilles was written by Sir Arthur Doyle and published in the year 1901. Edgar Allan Poe’s short story‚ “Murders in the Rue Morgue”‚ was published sixty years after Doyle’s famous work of literature. The key to any famous mystery are the characters and the crime itself. Without these two elements there would not be
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Analyse how one main character changed to become more admirable In the novel “Mister Pip” written by Lloyd Jones‚ the protagonist of the novel Matilda has faced many challenges through the novel which she has lost a lot of her world. This includes *her mother and possessions which creates one of the main ideas of loss. Matilda’s way of escaping the violence in her world is turning to the book ‘Great Expectations’ which is introduced by Mr Watts which helps them create a new dimension *. Lloyd Jones
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Stage Two Pips Expectations Pip goes to London to start his new life and to live his dreams of being educated and wealthy. When Pip arrives‚ Mr. Jaggers shows him where he will be staying and gives him a tour around town. He begins to have less and less time for other people outside of his little circle but when he arrives he begins to meet new people. He first meets a man named Herbert Pocket‚ who is related to Miss Havisham. He tells Pip about her past and why she is the way she is now. He tells
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The story ‘’Mister Pip’’ unfolds as it introduces Matilda‚ a young bouvilligan teenage girl who develops a trusting relationship with the islands only white man‚ Mr Watts – known as Pop eye to the villagers‚ who willingly puts himself forward to be Matilda and her class mates teacher‚ as all the other people had escaped from the island in time for missing the blockade‚ along with Matildas father. The two minor characters I am going to explore is Dolores‚ Matildas mother‚ and Joseph‚ Matildas father
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Preliminary Activities Bougainville: Book: Narnia made a big impression on me. I don’t really like books‚ but I like this book. It’s about an amazing world‚ and it has a good story. Person: This summer I went to Japan. I stayed some days at a Zen temple in Kyoto. There I met a very wise monk. He taught me a lot of interesting things. I learned a lot of him. Section 1 (p. 1-49) 1. Character list * Mr Watts (Pop eye) * ‘Everyone called him Pop Eye’ *
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decisions includes the betrayal of a family member‚ the value of religion‚ yourself‚ or the betrayal of the others. In the book Mister Pip‚ Matilda’s mum stole the only copy of great expectations because she did not like Mr. Watts’s teachings. Matilda’s mum‚ a very religious woman believed that the book ruined her children’s beliefs‚ when Matilda confessed to believing in Pip but not in the devil. In doing such things‚ Matilda’s mother did not realize what she had given up and what kind of betrayal she
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his Sherlock Holmes stories effective and engaging? In the Sherlock Holmes series‚ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle managed to create one of the most famous fictional characters in the whole of English literature. So engaging and evocative was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s writing‚ that many people believed that Sherlock Holmes actually existed and wrote to him to ask him to solve their cases. Even after Conan Doyle killed off the character in the Hounds of Baskerville‚ the public insisted that Sherlock Holmes
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