Thursday, January 12, 2012

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Again)

        I have been reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and haven't gotten much farther in it, I've not been able to read much this week. From what I have read though, I can see that Doyle has used the theme of revenge in one of the stories. The story he used the theme of revenge in is The Five Orange Pips, where his new client's family has been receiving threats from the old terror group, the K.K.K. His father and uncle had both received threat letter containing pips from an orange. a while after they get them, they end up dead, when the bodies are found, they always look like an accident, but it was just members from the K.K.K assassinating them. When Holmes' client gets the letter, he is assassinated and Holmes' goes into a fit of rage and swears revenge on them, the story ends there.

         Something I think Doyle did well in the book is that he describes everything that is happening to the people Holmes' is talking to or that Holmes is trying to help. He shows how they react to everything Holmes says that shocks them and that makes them realize something. He emphasizes the clients reactions and their realizations. He makes the reader see how the person reacts rather than just read it.

2 comments:

  1. Great job Genti. I really like how you introduced a theme. I also liked that you talked about your reading life. Good Job.

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  2. i like how you elaborated on what you were trying to say. nice work!!!

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