Imani Goodridge Carrington 6th A Study in Scarlet Blog Questions 1-6 11/18/2013 Chapter 1 Compare and contrast Watson

and Holmes. How are they similar and how are they different? Watson and Holmes share many similarities. They are both extremely intelligent men. Though Watson receives a degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, Holmes proves to be equally as smart. He has profound knowledge of chemistry and forensic sciences. He also inquires and studies everything around him making him a skilled detective. Both Holmes and Watson smoke and give each other personal space while living in the apartment. Watson appears to be the more emotional and apathetic of the two. Hes also a sponge; he hungers to acquire new knowledge. Holmes gains his knowledge from observations and his constant internal questions. Chapter 3 Holmes says, There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before. What does he mean by this? Is it true? I believe that Holmes is inquiring that the murder of Enoch J. Drebber was nothing new. Hes seen murder cases like this in the past, specifically the death of Van Jansen in 34. Chapter 4 Holmes shows signs of genius and signs of insanity in this chapter. Give two examples of each. The scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it. This showed the sign of insanity but also spoke some truth. As a detective it was Holmes job to put all emotions aside and get the job done. This leads me to my second example of insanity displayed by Holmes. He was almost inhuman it seems when hes solving a case. Watson showed emotions of how most people would have felt about such a murder. On the other hand, Holmes just wanted to solve it. The first sign of pure genius was the way that Holmes was able to tell the height of the murderer and what kind of cigarette he had smoked with solid evidence. The second sign of Holmes genius was by the way he could what happened before the murder occurred just by the set of footprints \

Chapter 5 Sherlock Holmes is tricked in this chapter. How does he react? Explain what we learn about his character from his reaction? Have you ever been tricked by someone/ Explain what happened. After Holmes realizes that the old lady was actually a man, he was quite amused. Amusement and chagrin seemed to be struggling for the mastery, until the former suddenly carried the day, and he burst into a hearty laugh.This event shows that even Sherlock Holmes can be tricked. Sherlocks reaction shows that he likes to be challenged while solving mysteries and other problems. When I was a little girl my brothers would always trick me into bringing them snacks or letting them control the television remote on my turns in exchange for hugs. What can I say? I was a sucker for hugs. Chapter 6 Here have been many theories about who the murderer is and why he/she may have committed the crime. Give the details of two of those theories and then tell which you think is the best hypothesis or give your own prediction. The local newspapers all published "Brixton Mystery" theories. The Daily News theory was that the murder was provoked by the hatred of Liberalism, which animated the Continental Governments had had the effect of driving to our shores a number of men who might have made excellent citizens were they not soured by the recollection of all that they had undergone. Among these men there was a stringent code of honour, any infringement of which was punished by death. The Daily Telegraph theory was that the crime was in political nature. I believe that the Daily News theory is more logical than the other newspapers. Enoch J. Drebbers character isnt depicted as a man who truly cares about toher peoples opinions, views, and overall well-being.