Watson Essay

Through the silent film Buster Keaton Sherlock Jr.(1924) the filmmaker managed to portray Sherlock Jr's vaudevillist roots by imposing a deadpanning persona centered on burlesque comedy. The protagonist Sherlock Jr did not show any emotional reactions instead he performed actions that would alter laughter to the viewers. These actions would be out of innocence, and his unawareness would result in laughter. For instance, when Sherlock Jr. imitated every movement the culprit of the watch did in…

published a novel titled “The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963,” and in 2013, Jim Bechtold, Philip K. Kleinbert, and Brian Wells released the movie version of it. The novel received the John Newbery Medal and the Golden Kite Award for Fiction; based on google books, it got 4 out of 5 stars for recommendation. This wonderful book about a family going towards the Southern America First and the foremost, both in the movie and book, the Watsons’ family was the main character. The Watsons family…

To begin, the two texts have different ways of describing the setting that led up to the event. In the text “The Watsons Go To Birmingham” the main character, Kenny, describes the day as hot and miserable. This is shown when he says “ I know it was Sunday because I heard Joetta getting ready for Sunday school. He also says to his mother, “ I wish I was back in our igloo in Flint.” These two quotes show that it was a miserably hot Sunday, especially when Kenny says that he would rather return…

Christopher Paul Curtis is a children’s book writer. He is renowned for his Newbery Medal-winning book, Bud, Not Buddy and for his book The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963. The Watsons go to Birmingham was a book filled with adventure and suspense as readers read about a family going to Birmingham for the summer during the Civil Rights Movement. The house they lived in was very cold, so they had to huddle up together to stay warm. While they were huddled up, the father told his family a story…

The Art and Philosophy of Nursing as I Know It Some may say that nursing is a form of art. The skills, critical judgment, and diverse knowledge performed by a nurse take the same time, devotion, and patience that of an artist with their grand masterpiece. In this paper, I will bring out to light my personal nursing philosophy, my drive, and some well-known nursing practice topics. Choice of Nursing Nursing has broadened my horizons, my hunger for personal satisfaction and knowledge has…

Veganism, common to the public this lifestyle is seen as a fallacy that the individuals that follow this form of lifestyles are hippies. Though like the examples given in our week’s information we are put to contrast the validity, fallacies based around what is being presented and supported by the media. Though more importantly in this case we are reflecting on both the logical and emotional fallacies presented towards this particular lifestyle. Exposing this subject by simply exposing and…

Mark Haddon’s first adult mystery novel is one of the most interesting and intertwining works to be read. Haddon introduces Christopher Boone, a 15 year old autistic boy, who witnesses the murder of a neighborhood dog, throughout the book Christopher is trying to solve this mystery. As a young adult Haddon worked with Autistic individuals, as a caretaker. So all of the information concerning Christopher is fist hand and quite factual. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark…

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is a series that defies the laws of traditional television productions; it is tragic and comedic, suspenseful and light-hearted, heart breaking and beautiful. In this BBC production, Dirk Gently, a holistic detective that believes everything is a clue; Todd Brotzman, a skeptical sidekick to the detective and Farah Black, an experienced bodyguard who cannot seem to leave the detective’s side, strive to solve the mystery of the penthouse massacre and the…

The book I have read recently is called Secret Letters. A mystery and a historical fiction book. Written by Leah Scheier, published on June 26, 2012. Considered to be one of her special spinoffs of her all time favorite Sherlock. Since there are four main characters, Dora Joyce, her cousin Adelaide, detective Neville Porter, and also detective Peter Cartwright. A site that the plot takes place the heart of London, England. Where Dora and Adelaide are to travel to for an important emergency.…

In the novel, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime written by Mark Haddon, he tells a captivating narration that is given through an autistic child’s, named Christopher, unique point of view of everyday life. Christopher who is a fifth-teen year old boy diagnosed with Autism, knows all his countries in the world and their capital cities, also every prime number up to 7,057. He is also a brilliant boy in A levels math, and wants to pursue his dreams as a astronaut. As the story…