Fantastic Four

“I don’t know what London’s coming to — the higher the buildings the lower the morals.” -Noël Coward Sherlock Holmes was a story written about London in the 1800s. It described crime in that time period and how it was dealt with. However, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inaccurate in his writing. Sherlock was a brilliant detective, and he always solved the case. However, London in the 1800s was very dangerous, and the police were useless. This made London the perfect place for crime. There were…

reasonable and probable. The stories of Sherlock Holmes contain crimes that are quite noteworthy and substantial. Watson himself states that “he refused to associate himself with any investigation which did not tend towards the unusual, and even the fantastic”. For instance, The “Adventure of the Speckled Band” is about a stepfather who murders his step-daughter and tries to murder his other step-daughter, with his motive being greed for money. I believe murder, especially within family, is a…

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha May Clarissa Miller was born in Devon, England in 2890, and she was the youngest of three children in a very well to do family. As a young child, she never did attend school, but she always found ways to keep herself occupied from a very young age. Since a young child, she was a very shy child, who was unable to express her feelings, but turning toward music was her first resort and later on in life she turned to writing. At the age of 24, in 1914, she…

Borgwardt, Elizabeth. "FDR 's Four Freedoms As A Human Rights Instrument." OAH Magazine Of History 22.2 (2008): 8.Advanced Placement Source. Web. 2 Dec. 2015. This article examines the Four Freedoms set my Franklin D. Roosevelt as a key instrument for human rights. He incorporates in his speech that everyone has the right to freedom of speech and expression, freedom of religion, freedom from fear, and lastly the freedom from want. He appeals to congress and Americans through linking freedom and…

America’s involvement in the world and constant need to improve, has led to many disasters. It has become such a strong nation from all of the wounds that have been engraved in our history that each one has come to make America a “More Perfect Union.” The Federalists papers were a series of essays in order to argue for a United States constitution. All 85 essays were written to “Create a More Perfect Union” and ultimately, created a foundation for the United Stated of America to create an…

In The Sign of Four, Arthur Conan Doyle writes about non-European cultures with a negative connotation that is discriminatory towards cultures that are not of European decent. These views are dominantly expressed through either the character Sherlock Holmes or the character Jonathan Small. Jonathan Small’s description and treatment of Tonga, his companion, are the perfect example of how non-Europeans are viewed and treated during the time period in which this novel was written. Small also talks…

body become stronger and improve one’s physicality. Like exercising, meditation is ways to train the mind to go far beyond what was not previously perceived. Jewish Meditation is a practice in which the mind attempts to access the four levels of consciousness. These four levels of consciousness epitomizes our existence and accessing the divine world helps manifest a connection between each world. Mediation is a process, which allows healing of the body, spirit, and most importantly the mind. In…

Heroes are people who are determined to do what’s right for their comrades or community. They are determined to follow their dreams; they are determined to reach a goal that they set for themselves, and they do. The hero of “The Four Feathers” is Harry Feversham, the descendant of a long line of military heroes, who is expected to carry on the tradition of his overbearing authoritarian father. He was a true figure for the Victorian fantasy of war as a manly endeavor. In the book Salvage the…

Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes appear in many movies and books. In particular Nancy Drew appeared in the 2007 movie Nancy Drew, and Sherlock Holmes appeared in the book The Hound of the Baskervilles.Although Nancy Drew has modern technology equipment to help her, Sherlock Holmes is a better detective because his powers of deduction, instinctual actions, and reliance on a sidekick help him be more efficient. Watson, Sherlock Holmes’ partner, is his long time friend throughout the Sherlock…

3. The mind palace (or brain attic) In one of the many stories that Conan Doyle wrote, Holmes tells Watson: “I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.” Then, the idea of the brain attic is not actually new, because this quote was published in 1891. The brain attic is not a very common idea, it is not usual to come across those words neither in literature nor in television, nevertheless, it is one of the most…