Arthur Conan Doyle Research Paper

Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859 in a strict Irish Catholic family living in Edinburgh, Scotland. Doyle was descended from a father who was only known for being an alcoholic, and had no memorable achievements. His mother, on the other hand, was a lively storyteller to the young child, and could be credited for Doyle’s born heart for writing. When he turned nine years old, Doyle was placed on a ship to England to attend a Jesuit school called Hodder Place where children continually bullied and picked on him. To overcome this however, Doyle used his young audience of colleagues to practice telling stories and capturing the attention and manipulating emotion of others. He also attended Stonyhurst College for an additional five years, …show more content…
He instead embarked on another ship to journey the Netherlands, likely for the purpose to spark the imagination for more stories. When the ship had finally returned, he had developed, “chest pains so severe that he needed to be carried on shore” clearly demonstrating that his health was in a very poor state (“Arthur Conan Doyle”). The condition never got better from the strain and activity he brought upon himself, and Doyle became bedridden in his home in Crowborough, England. It was the magical and mysterious moment on July 7, 1930 when Arthur Conan Doyle brought himself from his bed for the last time to garden, when he collapsed and died in his garden. It was recorded that he died clutching his heart and holding a flower during his …show more content…
Watson. These two men debut in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a series of fifty-two short mysteries that bring readers into the setting of Sherlock’s detective business where different temporary characters catered for that one story propose a mysterious situation or crime that has gone without explanation. In each short it is up to Sherlock and Watson to crack the case and find out answers to what their client is looking for. Each short has a basic and similar beginning, but each case is extremely different.
The personalities of these two characters are subtly contrasting. Sherlock Holmes is a man who is always many steps ahead of the reader and Watson, always analyzing a situation so hard he seems to make his own head hurt more times than not. Sherlock is a man of his own mind, it is hard for a reader to predict what he is thinking because his mind seems so busy. His mannerisms are very proper and polite, he can coax and counsel answers out of a panicked client. From time to time, he comes off as vain because he knows he is the very best detective around, and other characters take him very