Conan O'Brien

“When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.” The words of Charles Baxter apply importantly to the world of mysteries and mysterious stories. Inside this essay, two vastly dissimilar mysteries will be observed and compared, Favorite Father Brown Stories, and A Morbid Taste for Bones. Within the realm of literature are numerous genres, one of which is mysteries, and many different types of mysteries fall underneath the field. Of the two stories mentioned,…

I would describe myself as cheerful, creative, and curious. I am a student that spreads joy and cheer throughout both school and the house. I always like to learn and dive into the curriculum. The required work is never the end of the line; I always engage beyond and connect what I am learning in school to the real world and across disciplines. On personal projects, I make sure to place my best foot forward and work with enthusiasm. In group work, I always provide humor as well as discipline,…

In the short story, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allen Poe, the narrator is depicted in a far more orthodox manner for the detective genre than the emotional, female narrator in Wilkie Collins’s “The Diary of Anne Rodway”. The unnamed narrator from Poe’s story lays out his mystery in a very factual manner for the reader to interpret. He describes the brutal scene of Madame L’Espanaye and her daughter’s murders by describing the physical evidence and witness testimony from the crime.…

few can truly master it. Throughout our Seventh grade year in English class, students have analyzed and enjoyed literature by some of the most successful and famous authors of all time, such as Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and have seen precise and masterful use of equivocation over and over in publications such as Macbeth, The Hound Of The Baskervilles, and “The Cask Of Amontillado”.…

“The Adventure of the Speckled Band” Sherlock Holmes is not responsible for the death of Dr. Roylott. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle provided evidence in “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” that led to the conclusion that Sherlock Holmes is not liable for the bereavement of Dr. Roylott. For example, Sherlock Holmes was employed as a detective by Helen Stoner. He was employed to insure her safety until her upcoming wedding. Additionally, at the time of Roylott’s death, Holmes was in an entirely…

“Elementary, my dear Watson.” Sherlock Holmes’s famous catchphrase is still widely recognized throughout modern society. Much to his own surprise, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle became one of the most famed authors in the field of crime fiction after the creation of British private detective Sherlock Holmes and his associate Dr. John Watson. Even though the novels and short stories were published during the late 1800’s, people today still consider Holmes the most well-known detective of all time. The…

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…

Out of all the detective stories, the two that have made the most impact in the genre are Edgar Allen Poe’s C. Auguste Dupin and Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. Although they were written years apart, Holmes and Dupin have as much in common, such as skills, qualities and results, as they have differences. This essay will focus on comparing and contrasting these two detectives. First, Dupin and Holmes have certain methods, qualities and skills in common. Second, the successes and failures…

Vivian Darkbloom wrote “Holmes is Where the Heart is” to delve into the unusual behaviors in Sherlock and Helen. However, the fault in her arguments are the assumptions and false information that back up her assertions. Darkbloom assumes that Helen is relevant to the story. She takes advantage of the lack of information and attempts to correlate the missing pieces of the miscellaneous characters together in disarray. The surviving step daughter is simply the catalyst that puts the story and the…

A dejected and love struck movie projectionist dreams his way into the film world and in doing so reflects the audiences escapist tendencies, this is the crux of Buster Keaton’s 1924 silent comedy film Sherlock Jr. The film is a great example of silent era comedy films, of which Keaton was a prolific figure. Sherlock Jr. is just one of many that he starred in and directed throughout the first part of the twentieth century. Many times Keaton is contrasted with another great slapstick comedy…