Conan O'Brien

The book A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle and the book The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe both present cases where the lead detectives must procure a lost or stolen item. Although both authors use almost congruent plots, characters and situations to expose readers to great tales of ratiocination, the contrast in the characters’ behavior, the fluctuation in plots and the slight difference in situations lead to Doyle’s A Scandal in Bohemia to be a more thought provoking and cultural…

Paras Gupta Professor Huff ENG 236 June 8, 2015 A Scandal in Bohemia Irene Adler is usually a fictional character within the Sherlock Holmes stories. She had been featured within the short history "A Scandal in Bohemia". She is one of the most well- known female characters within the Sherlock Holmes line, despite appearing in just one history, and is generally used as being a romantic curiosity for Holmes throughout derivative functions, though within the story it is made apparent that Holmes is…

From "The Red-Headed League" by Arthur Doyle is a short story of Sherlock Holmes investigates a case about the Red-Headed League. The story starts out with a man name Jabez Wilson a pawnbroker comes to Holmes for help about his previous job with the Red-Headed League. Wilson lives with his young assistance name Vincent Spaulding that introduced him to the job with the only requirement is to have red hair. After gotten the job Wilson had to report to Mr. Duncan Ross each day at the Red-Headed…

Figurative Language: Irony- The City of Ember In The City of Ember, irony occurs all throughout the novel. One such instance is when Lina and Doon discover the mayor’s secret storeroom in the Pipeworks: “‘The mayor has a secret treasure room in the Pipeworks’” (158). Doon had been curious and wondered if this room he found deep within the Pipeworks might be a way out and brought Lina with him to investigate. Shocked when Lina remembers the message she had given to the mayor from Looper, the…

Harry Hole In The Snowman, by Jo Nesbo, Harry Hole, a detective that takes his job unbelievably seriously not only for himself , but for others benefit, brings him into dangerous tasks he needs to solve. His job has become the basis of his life and he is very confident with the skills he has acquired. It is the thing that provides him with a purpose. Everyday on the job was to his full potential. If he let down others he was failing himself even more than anything else. Harry’s life is lonely…

n both the book Sherlock Holmes The Hound of Baskervilles and the movie The Hounds of Baskerville there was a use of science throughout both. Throughout both there were hints of contrasts and similarities which helped portray the same legends in two different styles. There were four main contrasts and similarities throughout the two. First was how the differences of the H.O.U.N.D. in both, the second was contrast between the car light and candle scene, the third was the difference between the…

There are several types of mystery genres, two specific examples are cozies and detectives. Cozies tend to be stories that have more detail and make readers feel invited, they detectives contain a softer tone. In contrast, detective has a more informative tone. Although these two genres are vastly different, they also contain several similarities. Specifically, “The Blue Geranium”, a cozies story and “A Scandal in Bohemia”, a detective story, have several differences. Most people wouldn't think…

The title of this book is ‘Hatchet’, written by Gary Paulsen, and this book has received “Newberry Honor Book” award. It was published in 1987 and named “the bestselling classic survival story”. The genre of the book is coming-of-age adventure novel. Children aged 10 to 15 will enjoy reading it very much. In the beginning, the story takes place in the small airport in Hampton, New York, where the main character is from, and later in the Canadian woods by the lake. The story is about a teenager…

English-speaking world, detective fiction started with Edgar Allan Poe. This could be somehow true since from the stories that Poe built, more writers were captivated by this genre and tried to write something similar. This is the example of Arthur Conan Doyle, who features Poe’s character in his novel A study in Scarlet. On the plot of the classical detective novel, two separate stories are included: the story of the…

Both Trifles by Susan Glaspell and The Sound of a Voice by David Henry Hwang share common traits, despite the obvious differences. They share mysteries and certain portrayals of women during the time periods. These will be discussed along with any influences the authors had when they were writing these plays. The first common trait is the mysteries both plays hold. The murder mystery in Trifles, the mystery of who the woman is in The Sound of a Voice, and the mystery of why the man came to the…