Brian Doyle-Murray

Pacing is created by use of summary, flashbacks and foreshadowing. In the story, “The Nose” Gogol uses all of these elements to create the mystery of how a nose was found, was lost, and eventually returned. The reader is engaged throughout the story by the author’s use of these multiple literary components, creating mystery surrounding the story of who, what, when, where and why the nose was lost. At the story’s beginning, the author creates mystery with the use of foreshadowing. The first…

Crime frequently leads the reader to curiosity due to its mysterious plot twist throughout the story, leaving the audience to wonder and question themselves. The crime genre is built up in many different ways. This includes the elements that make up the crime genre, including the most important element that are mystery, detailed writing and suspense. Mystery engages the reader to think outside the box whilst inserting in confusion to the reader’s mind. Detailed writing allows the reader to…

A victim! A suspect! A detective! All are essential to intriguing mysteries. With G.K. Chesterton guiding Father Brown through several mysteries, whether it is in the home of a prince or in a haunted forest, with keen eyes and ears, Father Brown brings to light the unknown. As the Welsh village of Gwytherin struggle with the murder of a beloved friend and father, Brother Cadfael files through suspects and scares the true suspect to the point of confession. Everyone agrees that plot twists make…

Furthermore, the hard-boiled fiction has its own subcategory, the noir novel which developed in the early 1940s. The noir is different from its initiator in a several ways. First of all the protagonist is no longer the detective. The main character is the suspect or the victim, the one who is connected with the crime not the one who is involved from the outside. What is more, the noir novel stresses the physical relationships and emphasizes the disruptive features of the protagonist (Tuttle).…

work. Most famously known as the creator of the character Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a prime example of how authors can draw from past experiences to inspire their writing. The topics and characters seen in the historical and fictional writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle reflect his familial background, his career in the medical field, and his struggle with religion. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born into a dysfunctional family. According to Dr. Diniejko on The Victorian Web,…

Throughout the years, the mystery genre has become increasingly popular. Many well-known detectives found in books have made it to the big screen. The popularity of the mystery genre has also brought the British Mystery Format to the big screen. The British Mystery Format, greatly influenced by Poe, Van Dine, and Knox, informs readers about the characteristics of a mystery before they even read it. Although, the rules are often times not followed when mysteries are written or recreated into…

The discourse community which I investigated was from a site called sherlockforum.com. This site is very popular especially for the series Sherlock, since it has all of the episodes and then discussions on each one. I loved watching this show and I watched the first two episodes, so when I realized that one of the questions asked me to investigate one discourse community I was very excited to see other people's views on the show and how they compare with mine. I ended up investigating the…

John Watson, who is the main character and narrator of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, faces many obstacles during his time collecting facts and studying the Baskervilles’ case. At the beginning of the story, readers discover that the Baskerville family was seemingly cursed. When Sir Charles, the last resident of Baskerville Hall, mysteriously perishes at the paws of an ominous, seemingly supernatural hound, Sherlock and Watson take on the case. Watson agrees to travel…

but a composer of no ordinary merit. [W]hile his gently smiling face and his languid, dreamy eyes were as unlike those of Holmes the sleuth-hound, Holmes the relentless, keen-witted, ready-handed criminal agent, as it was possible to conceive” (Doyle 33). In addition, all twelve of the stories are told by his first person perspective. He puts himself before Holmes because in the past people are known to be more…

Since the mystery genre’s first detective was introduced by Edgar Allen Poe in 1841, the problem solving, puzzling, pieces of writing in the mystery genre have attracted a large quantity of people towards this genre. As time goes on, individuals started to look for more complex, intricate literature, but compiling most of the mystery genre pieces together, you will see various commonalities amongst them all. I am going to be analyzing and explaining how, The Fifth Floor, meets the key components…