Jean Watson Argument

Given the events and situations which Dr. Watson faced, the significant changes that his independence, use of expertise, and critical thinking skills underwent were inevitable. As the book began it was obvious that Dr. Watson was Sherlock Holmes's sidekick, and that his character was weaker. As soon as Dr. Watson reached Devonshire his character had to undergo changes such as his independence from being the sidekick. "“What, are you coming, Watson?" he asked, looking at me in a curious way.”That depends on whether you are going on the moor," said I. "Yes, I am." "Well, you know what my instructions are. I am sorry to intrude, but you heard how earnestly Holmes insisted that I should not leave you, and especially that you should not go alone

Holmes addresses Watson by asking a rhetorical question. When he gets back from his club, the detectives gives some advice. Holmes says that some answers are right in front of you and tries to build Watson as a detective.

“I suppose you don’t learn about ‘muggle’ science at the ‘hog wart’,” she said, Newt not bothering to correct her. “Well, I guess magic is more interesting than science anyhow. Now, let’s go. I want to see every creature you have.”

“Neville Longbottom,” Minerva answered as she entered the room, her eyes downcast. “It’s the first initiative we’ve seen from him in five years.”

"Mrs. Baker, I found the remains of Sycorax and Caliban as well has a million other creatures ranging form squirrels to rats."

“Maybe it was our imagination, maybe it’s a fox or a frog or even a squirrel, but you really want us to go on?

“You are wasting your time! You dumb shit reptile!” he growled while on the floor.

"The teeth marks, as you called them, are jagged. Similar to a shark,so unless sharks are walking on land its not an animal attack"

“Ok guys lets get back to work and see what this weird animal is and let's look at it’s eyes, nose, ears, color, mouth, how many legs, what we should call it, etc.” said Paige

“Let's talk about something besides ghouls...” He smiled lazily, and so the pair's talk went

Helen exclaimed how she witnessed the sudden death of her sister. At the end of the visit, Helen agreed for Holmes and Watson to investigate her house while her strange step-father was out for work purposes. After the meeting was completed, Dr.Roylott charged in demanding to know why his step-daughter was there. Holmes and Watson were quite disturbed to hear these angry man’s threats. This was a conflict for Sherlock Holmes; he did not want Dr.Roylott’s aggressive and intimidating self to be in the way of the investigation.

In a sudden flash of temper, Sherlock saw red and blasted away at his sidekick, “You wanna what your problem is?”

This excerpt alone can describe the relationship between the detective and his partner, separating Holmes from Watson by interpreting how he observes and infers upon the scene of the crime versus Watson, who is intelligent nonetheless but not as keen as Holmes in identifying such specific details. In terms of this discussion, it can be assumed that Doyle may have intended to use this dialogue to play out the scene in a dynamic way to show the difference between the two. Here, Holmes carries most of the conversation while Watson listens and struggles to follow Holmes’s complicated thinking. Another factor to consider is how Holmes asks Watson many rhetorical questions. This aspect of their interactions compares their sense of understanding as well, suggesting that Holmes has a habit of asking these questions to explain his observations to Watson.

“Nah, by then the thing will be cozy in its lair and the snow will have covered the trail. Come on, don’t be wimp.”

“Hmm, the Cannibals, huh?”, i said silently, drowning out the tvs noise with my thoughts.