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    good Detective Story? There are several things that make a good detective story, but there is only two that really say how good a true detective story is. The detective is the most important part on how good a detective story will be. Then the second is the crime, depending on how bizarre the crime is tells how good the story will be. Now in the next two passages I’ll explain how “Adventure of the Speckled Band” is a good detective by the detective and the crime. Beginning with the Detective,…

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    story. In this case, this murder mystery examines justice in a strange way: by making the victims of murder who committed murder themselves and through the act of murder. The action of a detective solves the crime and ensures that the murderer pays for his or her deed. Judge Wargrave does the work of detective and murderer by picking out those who are guilty and punishing them. I think that these acts of justice on Indian Island are unacceptable and…

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    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…

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    test yourself. The answer is not just presented to you. You have to go and find it. That way there’s an opportunity to see if the reader can solve the mystery before flipping back to the solution. The second strength that comes out of Behavioral Detectives is the fact that every single case being solved has happened in real life (Newman and Reinecke, 2007, p.12). That is so important for people…

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    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…

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    Ever wondered who was the inspiration for the great Stephen King? By looking at Edgar Allan Poe’s style of writing, the makeup of detective fiction, and Poe’s influence on literature, it is clear that Stephen King’s inspiration most likely came from Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe was the creator of American detective fiction. Edgar Allan Poe used a unique style of writing. Poe experimented with different genres and styles; he used the gothic tale, science fiction, and satire as well as other…

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    and how. In Maltese Falcon by Danshiell Hammett, in the beginning of the story you are given two main characters that are important to the whole plot of the book: Brigid O’Shaughnessy the woman claiming to be looking for her “missing sister” and Detective Spade the man trying to find out who killed his partner. During the whole novel the author gives you clues that point out the obvious on who the killer actually is from Brigid’s office visit, the flamboyant queer, and lastly the prize for…

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    An often debated question is that of what makes a good story. In the 1800s, Edgar Allan Poe created one list of rules that he thinks makes a good detective story. These include requirements such as "clues ... to allow the reader to solve the crime" and "a detective with strong intuitive skills" (Poe, "Rules for Detective Stories"). Two mystery tales that can be judged using these rules to determine which is better are Poe's own short story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and a movie, The Bone…

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    11 November 2017 Outside of the Box Thinking As a detective, it is crucial to figure out which strategy you will use to be a more efficient in solving an investigation. Collins usually uses certain aspects of the rationalist deductive detection but he also uses scientific reasoning which adapts to the narratives in his novels. To be a successful detective it is vital to be more of an Inductive detection detective because it requires the detective to state the facts and then puts them all…

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    We young folks in Cusco were very much concerned with poetry as much as Bolano’s visceral realists did in Mexico City but unlike them, Octavio Paz was not our enemy. We loved discussing the labyrinth of solitude but It was the poetry of Cesar Vallejo, Arguedas, Garcilazo that matter to us. It reflected our Andean traits. Cusquenhos are different from coastal Peruvians. We are because of our cultural traits. We are visual, silent, introverts, stoic and very much good listeners and enjoy jokes…

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