knowledge is power then Maycomb County in Alabama in To Kill Mockingbird. If you need a more modern or straightforward example though go watch a Sherlock Holmes movie right before he fights because he calculates out every portion of his fight before it happens. But I prefer the more realistic version of knowledge is power in To Kill A Mockingbird than Sherlock Holmes. Remember what everyone said knowledge is
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Main Events * Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in the alley near his home‚ Baskerville Hall. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are asked by a family friend to investigate furthur. * Sir Henry‚ the new heir to the family inheritance‚ arrives from Canada to move into Baskerville Hall. However‚ strange things start happening. He receives a letter telling him to keep away from the moor and two of his boots go missing (a new black one‚ and an old brown one). They also discover that a
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In the story‚ The Adventure of the Speckled Band‚ Sherlock Holmes is not responsible for the death of Dr. Grimsby Roylott. Dr. Roylott allowed greed to overtake him; he attempted to kill both of his step-daughters before they got married‚ and succeeded in one attempt. His motive was to keep his wealth and not lose £250 for each marriage. He received his justified punishment when he was killed by the snake after murdering Julia and attempting to kill Helen. Greed made Dr. Roylott think of only himself
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1. The narrator‚ Dr. Watson‚ visits his Holmes one day‚ and finds him in talking to Jabez Wilson‚ an old‚ redheaded man. Holmes invites him to come in and listen to Wilson’s case‚ which he claims is the strangest he has ever heard. Holmes amazes them when he lists facts about Wilson that he has gathered from observation‚ but that no one has told him. Wilson begins to tell his story. 2. Two months prior‚ Wilson’s assistant‚ Vincent Spaulding‚ showed him an advertisement in the newspaper for an opening
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very exciting and has a good effect on readers. It may remind some of Edgar Allan Poes. Ferocious animals like the cheetah could be entertaining as well as slightly humorous ones like the baboon. It is also very appealing as it has a ’hero’ (Sherlock Holmes) and ’villain’ (Dr Roylott). The Speckled Band is presented as a ’locked room’ mystery. It has good use of red herrings; distractions from the real murderer/killer. It is written in first person‚ which makes us more intimate with the narrator
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entered into possession. That very evening I moved my things round from the hotel‚ and on the following morning Sherlock Holmes followed me with several boxes and portmanteaus. For a day or two we were busily employed in unpacking and laying out our property to the best advantage. That done‚ we gradually began to settle down and to accommodate ourselves to our new surroundings. Holmes was certainly not a difficult man to live with. He was quiet in his ways‚ and his habits were regular. It was
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Arthur Conan Doyle‚ by improvizing on the protagonist (usually the detective‚ e.g. Sherlock) and adding impressive abilities to help them stand out‚ like “the power of deduction”. That’s one of the ways Doyle gained his influence on nineteenth century life. Even in the 21st century do he and his Sherlock Holmes have influence‚ though in a different way. Two men‚ Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss‚ created a new Sherlock that followed all of his greatest adventures‚ including The Hound of the Baskervilles;
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Wide Reading Book Suggestions Alexie‚ Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. 2007. Talented Arnold Spirit leaves the reservation school to go to an academically superior one located many miles away. How he copes with this change‚ both at school and on the reservation‚ is realistic‚ thought-provoking‚ and laugh-out-loud funny. National Book Award Young People’s Literature 2007; Book Sense Book of the Year 2008 Crutcher‚ Chris. Deadline. 2007. Eighteen-year-old Ben Wolf has
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Sherlock has come to a conclusion that “doctors make the greatest criminals”. He is completely correct. Doctors are equipped with a whole list of skills they need to be great doctors. There are many factors that come into play in “the adventure of the speckled band”. Some skills that doctors have that makes them a great criminal are the creativeness to work out a plan‚ the background knowledge of the body and how toxins would affect it‚ and the patience and steady mindedness of a doctor. Dr. Gimesby
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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
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