Sherlock Holmes is a literary character, created by one of the most popular writer Sir Arthur Canon Doyle. Sherlock Holmes is the first and the only consulting detective in the fictional character. Sherlock Holmes is an excellent detective because of his strengths such as knowledgeable on many esoteric subjects, power of observation, and power of deduction.
Geeta S. Iyengar says, “Knowledge has a beginning but no end.” I agree with this quote because I do not think there is anyone in the whole world who has a knowledge of everything. A person will always find a new idea that he or she was not familiar with it before. It is really worth to strengthen your knowledge specially a detective because they will need knowledge on many subjects to solve …show more content…
Sherlock observe things when he is at the crime place or he meets the new person instead of just seeing it. The conversation between Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier is that “Dr. Watson says,”Holmes, you see everything”. Holmes replies,”I see no more than you, but I have trained myself to notice what I see” (qtd.in What Makes Sherlock Holmes a Legendary Detective). Holmes notices every small details when he observes things whereas everyone else overlooks those little evidences. I used to think that Sherlock had power of observation from childhood, but I was wrong because nobody in the world born with good or bad qualities. As people grow up, they choose what type of qualities they want in their …show more content…
Deduction is basically where a person deduces the ideas and come up with the conclusion. Holmes remarks to Dr. Watson that “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth” (What Makes Sherlock Holmes a Legendary Detective). This quote or deductive reasoning is very similar to the idea of elimination. Students take the multiple choice questions test and eliminate all the wrong choices and what is left is the right answer. A fine example of deduction would be when Sherlock tells Watson that “you do not propose to invest in South African securities?” (The Dancing Men 249). Watson got shocked because he did not told Sherlock anything about investing then how did he know? Then, Sherlock explained Watson how he deduced him.
Some people might say that Sherlock Holmes is not a good detective or they might argue that he solves the case on just assumptions. Nobody can say that he just assumes things because there is a lot more to it, then just assumptions. Sherlock Holmes says to Watson in The Boscombe Valley Mystery that “You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles” (107). Sherlock do not guess, instead he uses observation and method of deduction to solves the
Geeta S. Iyengar says, “Knowledge has a beginning but no end.” I agree with this quote because I do not think there is anyone in the whole world who has a knowledge of everything. A person will always find a new idea that he or she was not familiar with it before. It is really worth to strengthen your knowledge specially a detective because they will need knowledge on many subjects to solve …show more content…
Sherlock observe things when he is at the crime place or he meets the new person instead of just seeing it. The conversation between Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier is that “Dr. Watson says,”Holmes, you see everything”. Holmes replies,”I see no more than you, but I have trained myself to notice what I see” (qtd.in What Makes Sherlock Holmes a Legendary Detective). Holmes notices every small details when he observes things whereas everyone else overlooks those little evidences. I used to think that Sherlock had power of observation from childhood, but I was wrong because nobody in the world born with good or bad qualities. As people grow up, they choose what type of qualities they want in their …show more content…
Deduction is basically where a person deduces the ideas and come up with the conclusion. Holmes remarks to Dr. Watson that “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth” (What Makes Sherlock Holmes a Legendary Detective). This quote or deductive reasoning is very similar to the idea of elimination. Students take the multiple choice questions test and eliminate all the wrong choices and what is left is the right answer. A fine example of deduction would be when Sherlock tells Watson that “you do not propose to invest in South African securities?” (The Dancing Men 249). Watson got shocked because he did not told Sherlock anything about investing then how did he know? Then, Sherlock explained Watson how he deduced him.
Some people might say that Sherlock Holmes is not a good detective or they might argue that he solves the case on just assumptions. Nobody can say that he just assumes things because there is a lot more to it, then just assumptions. Sherlock Holmes says to Watson in The Boscombe Valley Mystery that “You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles” (107). Sherlock do not guess, instead he uses observation and method of deduction to solves the