How Does Holmes Use Imagination In The Hound Of The Baskervilles

In the book, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and in life imagination is very important. How important could imagination be? Well Holmes uses his to solve crimes and its possible to use it in real life to be successful. “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” Holmes uses his imagination to think off and observe things which no one else would ever be able to see or think off. He knows that once you eliminate the impossible everything else that remains must be truth and he uses his imagination to figure out what everything else might be. In other words Holmes uses imagination to see what might have been and what might be even in the absence of firm evidence. Its how he finds out that Mr. Stapleton and Mrs. Stapleton are married when no one else would've even thought that. Holmes is the only person with a strong enough imagination to find and think of some of the most important clues that help him solve the crime. …show more content…
Imagination isn’t necessarily just for a detective to find all possibilities, many people use imagination to escape everyday life and in doing so they are more successful and less stressed when they “return” to everyday life. It's possible to use imagination to find a new way of solving a problem at work or finding a fast more productive way of doing something. In short there are many ways to use imagination to be very successful. Imagination, in The Hound of the Baskervilles is used to solve the crime, and in real life can be used in many different capacities. Its continued use in today's society is important because it helps solve problems easier and faster. The Hound of the Baskervilles and most Sherlock Holmes books prove that the use of imagination is not only important but is