Brian Doyle-Murray

MASTERPIECE REVIEW #3 “Silencio…”- Blue-Haired Lady I always find it funny that a lot of David Lynch films are about mysteries, but the way Lynch tells the story, is a mystery in of itself. By far his most popular mystery box, besides maybe Blue Velvet or Twin Peaks, is Mulholland Drive. Once again, Mulholland Drive is a mystery. The main story begins with a mysterious girl(Laura Harring), almost feminine fatal like, getting into a car accident and not remembering who she is. For now I’m…

The crime fiction genre has been growing in popularity since its apparitions in the early 1840s. Indeed, the interest for this literary genre is comprehensible, given the entertainment one gains from reading a detective novel, the thrill of the plot and action and, of course, the constant desire of figuring out the solution before the detective himself does. As with most literary genres, crime fiction has clear conventions that contribute to making it recognizable and enjoyable to the readers.…

The Hound of the Baskervilles Book vs. Movie In Victorian England lies one of the greatest authors in the mystery genre, the father of the detective story, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles, one of his best works, was written in 1902. It is in the perspective of Dr. Watson, who is working along with Mr. Sherlock Holmes to try and solve the murder of Sir Charles Baskerville. However, in 2002, one hundred years later, David Atwood directed a…

Comparing Three Detective Novels All the three excerpts from “Devil in a Blue Dress” by Walter Mosley, “Murder Is My Business” by Lynette Prucha and “The Big Sleep” by Raymond Chandler are detective genre stories set in Los Angles. The investigators and their clients share some similarities and differences particularly with respect to their roles in shaping the plot and the main themes in the stories. Firstly, the three stories are set in Los Angeles. “The Big Sleep” is typically set during a…

Study Questions for The Book Thief 1. Read pp. 3-35. Who do you think the narrator is? Why? What impressions do you have the narrator in these pages? What is the narrator’s attitude toward Liesel? I think the narrator is Death. I first realized it when it says “It suffices to say that at some point in the time, I will be standing over you, as genially as possible. Your soul will be in my arms. A color will be perched on my shoulder. I will carry you gently away. (2)” Then through three times…

“The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson who is a Scottish writer. This novel is based on a secret that hides behind what’s seen and presented to the reader as a person very similar to the Evil, and very mysterious: Mr. Hyde. In fact, mystery and secrecy are what Stevenson uses to catch the reader’s attention and to make the plot interesting. Mr. Hyde is introduced at the very beginning of the book, just like Dr. Jekyll and almost immediately,…

steps that he might take in the future”(51). On the other hand, the scandal may teach readers that kings the lack of forethought lead him to impulsive decision making, in which he did not know the potential outcomes and consequences. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle knew how prevalent infidelity was in society and through his stories, he is able to teach readers about the fears and potential outcomes of…

Sherlock Holmes has become a legendary character, appearing first in the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the character of Holmes has been adapted into many modern day television shows. A very prominent show on television today is the Sherlock Holmes show that is aired by BBC. Another, more obscure, t.v. show is Lie to Me, which aired on Fox. The BBC’s Sherlock better embodies the essence of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock stories through the personality of the main character, their…

KEY News is a series of thrillers written by one of the best media thriller writers, Mary Jane Clark. The novels feature several characters that work in the KEY News news agency in New York City. The first novel in the series was the 1998 published Do You Want to Know a Secret? The series of novels are best classified as suspense thrillers. KEY News is one of the premier news stations in New York City that is inspired by Jane Clark’s time working with CBS before she became an author. The…

Throughout various television adaptations of Arthur Connan Doyle’s legendary Sherlock Holmes, Watson's, Sherlocks’s close companion’s, general charectaristics have largely remained the same in all of the series that are considered for the purposes of this essey, on the flip side, all of them have taken some liberties with him and his backstory, personality, and other aspects of his person. In Granada Television’s „Sherlock Holmes“ – a TV series where the action takes place in London of our past…