Similarities Between The Hound Of The Baskerville

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A strange fact of two crime novels The Hound of the Baskerville and Eeny Meeny have several similarities in basics of storylines and background of the novels; however, the details of the novels contain only few similarities. Arthur Conan Doyle and M.J. Arlidge, the authors of the two novels, were born and raised in same area London in United Kingdom; both use the background of novels as England. Since both books have same genre crime, the basic and goal of the books are related. Both books are based on crime and mysterious cases with no clue to look for serial killers in early of the book. The goal of the books: solve the enigmas without evidence provided and arrest the culprits is also convergence.
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To briefly explain, the England Civil War is a civil war that occurred by conflict between Charles and Parliament, and The Hound of the Baskerville is a story that assassination of one of unknown heir of the Baskerville for legacy of the Baskerville. There are multitudinous convergences between the two stories: storylines and characters of the two families. In the book, there is a family the Baskerville comes out. There is a curse of the Baskerville related to a hound which begins from a lord named Sir Hugo Baskerville. The lord lives in England Civil War era, and he and king of the England James I have similar characteristics. They both have too much desire on wealth life and money; both are hated by citizens. Both have mysterious theories when they die. The lord dies when he chased a woman and dies by a hound. The king died by assassination. After their deaths, their heirs have disgraceful deaths. The main character's names of two stories are same Charles. Reason that Conan wrote crime and mystery novels were he loved to finding matching clues; I believe he left a small source to make us find the relationship between the England Civil War and the story of the Baskerville. According to the relationship between the two, it is noticeable that books of early 20th century focused on historical relationship …show more content…
50 Shades of Grey is well known book that targeted to women by using sadism and masochism topic. There must be reason why women like to read the sadism and masochism book. According to the article of a blog Suzanne Braun Levine wrote, she claims that women would love to read it because they want to confirm that their juices are still flowing. Since it is posted on blog, which means it is the author’s opinion only without data presented, it isn't credible. It is an opinion that a woman who loves the book wrote, it, at least, noticed that the sadism and masochism is put into the book deliberately for more women readers. In 20th century, there is nearly none of book that talks about sadism and masochism and as well as relationship between the same sex. It regards that the lifestyle has been changed as well as the style of books.
The examples and research of articles that how two books are different show how the time changing can affect to the lifestyle. Also, it proves how the lifestyle and idea of people in different era can change the perspective of readers which result to changing the style of books. Ultimately, the lifestyle and trend of literature is directly

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