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    short story, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle entertains the audience with a suspenseful and gripping mystery piece. Helen Stoner, a wise and articulate woman, eagerly approaches Sherlock Holmes and his acquaintance, Dr. Watson, in search for someone who has the ability to assist her with her frightening situation. Helen and her sister, Julia, had lived with their step father, Grimesby Roylott. Dr. Roylott allowed them to stay with him at Stoke Moran, his estate on Baker

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    Sherlock Holmes and the carbuncle Imagine, being the best detective in the city of London. Finally, solving a huge mystery. But, you make a bad decision of letting the criminals go. That is probably the worst thing Sherlock Holmes ever did in an investigation. In my opinion, Sherlock Holmes positively made the wrong decision. In the first place, it is against the law to let criminal’s go. First reason, they framed an innocent man knowing he had a criminal record so that gives you the information

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    string of apparent suicides starts the tale of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. The episode that starts off the BBC series, investigates four suicides with circumstances to similar to ignore. From the beginning of the of the episode the use of secondary characters as narrative devices is displayed. From foreshadowing to adding suspension and tension the episode is captivating to its audience. Starting off with Dr. John Watson, a war vet, who has a limp and makes use of a cane. In the first few scenes

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    Quiet Kill In a sidereal second, Officer Buck, sweeten the pot, by saying, “Whoever did this must have had a grudge against her. There was nothing disturbed. No jewelry taken. Her pocket book had some odd change in it. No serious cash at all.” Sherlock: “I don’t think it’s a personal vendetta.” An officer handed Sherlock the pocketbook of the decrease. After rambling through it a bit, he puck out her license. He then entered her information into his Android. “According to this, Dr. Shelia Gray

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    Kenny and Byron, The Dynamic Watsons It is often said that people never change, and always have the same qualities from when they were born. This is seen in Christopher Pauls Curtisś historical fiction novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1960, when Kenny asks why Byron is acting so nice and respectful. The dynamic characters in the novel, Kenny and Byron, transform after arriving in Birmingham. Kenny Watson's transformation in Birmingham impacts the novel because this shows how children could

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    In chapter one, "Mr. Sherlock Holmes," the author introduces us to the Sherlock Holmes, while describing his abilities and comparing him to Mr. Watson. Watson serves as Sherlock’s' sidekick but he does more than that. Watson reflects Holmes' brilliance—as Holmes himself says, "in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth." Watson offers up his theory as to the where the walking stick comes from, declaring that the inscription, "To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends

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    Many have heard the story of Jekyll and Hyde, but not many have had the thought to look for the deeper meaning in this story. In the beginning of the Book, it addresses four main characters Mr. Enfield, as well as as Mr. Utterson, and Dr jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The story gives all four characters a specific personality. The book specifies Mr Enfield as quiet and conservative but extremely popular. Mr. Utterson on the other hand is more outgoing and more social as well as Enfield and Hyde are cousins

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    The fifth convention, was the use of suspense as the clues accumulate, the pressure mounts, and suspiciously grows. In the episode of Sherlock’s detective fiction, there was a lot of suspense like when Dr. Watson and Sherlock were waiting for the murderer to show up at the café and when they chased after him. The second effect of sound was when they were chasing the murderer. The other good example was when they showed the murderer walked in the house. The music artist of that episode did a great

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    Did you know that heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States? 735,000 people have a heart attack each year and ¼ of the deaths in the U.S. are because of heart related issues. To make one quarter-pound hamburger, we use 6.7 pounds of feed, 52.8 gallons of water, 74.5 sq. feet of land and that's not even including the methane emissions from the animals digestive system that is put into the environment. Are these two related you may ask? And I have an answer

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    The Hound of the Baskervilles On March 25, 1902, publisher George Newnes first issued Sir Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, an exhilarating novel filled with mystery, romance, and incessant suspense. As Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson discussed the origin of a strange walking stick that a stranger left at their door, the owner of the stick, Doctor James Mortimer, knocked on their door and told the dynamic duo his strange story of the Baskerville family’s horrifying curse. His story told

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