The Return of Sherlock Holmes

British author Mark Haddon wrote the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The story revolves around a young boy called Christopher John Francis Boone who investigates the murder of a neighbor’s dog, which leads him to a journey that will change his life forever. Despite his mental illness, he learns to face the difficulties of his world and to be capable of everything he can do. Because of these unique characteristics, I find this book one of the best books I have ever read.…

Comparing Sherlock Holmes with Christopher Boone Did Sherlock Holmes himself encounter any form of autism? Do you think Sherlock Holmes and Christopher Boone encounter differences instead of sharing similarities? Sherlock Holmes was known as a famous autistic detective in the 1800 's (Sherlock Holmes biography). It was unclear how he could solve crimes on such little knowledge of the information. Sherlock Holmes was not autistic. For a long time, everyone was sure he had a case of the…

Delving into an individual’s personality, none the less Sherlock Holmes’s, can both interesting as well as informative, due to the uniqueness that each individual’s personality possesses. Sherlock, from the BBC television series is a highly intelligent consultant, who is extremely adept at his detection skill which increases his ability of solving cases that others find difficult. While Sherlock is a master of deduction, he is not without his own short comings which include: his is inability to…

All of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's works Life, literary career and achievements were built off early experiences from childhood hardships and through his struggle for earning money working in different medical jobs. The name Arthur Conan Doyle came from a colony of linen weavers from France. Although both sides of sides of Arthur 's family are from Ireland, his family tree was hard to trace because the records were lost in the American Civil War. During a period of Arthur 's life, he thought that…

Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case is a case that dramatically influenced forensic science. On the night of February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin a 17 year old high school student was fatally shot by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, The United States. Gorge Zimmerman, who was a 28 year old man of mixed race (Hispanic) was the coordinator for a neighborhood watch for the gated community where Trayvon Martin was living temporarily (Gray 2012). The 17 year old Trayvon Martin was unarmed during…

In this current day and age, it is hard for creators to produce new ideas. Most of the things that are around today are innovations. When you pay close attention, the shows and movies we watch, the books we read, and the music we listen to are mostly transformative works. Sometimes these works can be caught due to the little changes that are found in the structure or storyline yet; they are having a sense of individuality that separates it from the original. However, most transformative works…

Sherlock Holmes has become known as a tremendously intelligent and unique individual who has a strong passion for solving mysteries. In fact, his name has almost come to stand for, someone who almost seems to have telepathy. Sherlock in the new adaptations, Elementary, House M.D. and Sherlock Holmes, has the ability to look at any given character he can distinguish their life story without even speaking a single word to them, just using his observations. Within the BBC vision of Sherlock, he…

his first novella A Study in Scarlet. This story marked the first ever appearance of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous creation Sherlock Holmes. The story initially was rejected by various publishers and the full rights to the story were eventually sold for twenty five euros. A Study in Scarlet was published the next year in Beeton’s Christmas Annual. Sherlock Holmes officially launched Doyle’s writing career and allowed him countless more opportunities to write countless more stories and…

detective named Sherlock Holmes to show the audience how investigators solved crime back then during that time period and the different technology they used to solve them and how it is different today’s technology. In the show series Sherlock, the episode “A Study in Pink”, gives a little bit of a modern take on A Study in Scarlet and shows how technology advancements can make the better. Having these modern twists strengthens the story, A Study in Scarlet. In A Study in Scarlet, Sherlock…

The representation of the London of ‘light’ and the London of ‘darkness’ has evolved throughout the history of literature; this change can be explored and observed when comparing the topics of the country and the city within popular literary works of art. Within Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist the countryside is viewed as the London of ‘light’ while the city is viewed as the London of ‘darkness’. These themes are brought out by the realism Dickens uses in relation to the period in which his novel…