Alrighty- Time for me to get super technical about this blog's due date. I was told it was due Sunday evening, but since I go to bed later than about 80% of people, evening for me is around midnight. It is 11:44 as I submit this blog, so ah well.
Back to my book- I've stated before that things such as blackmail, scandalous relationships, and treacherous happenings amongst adults are some of the only things that keep my attention to a book. Along with death and violence.
So my surprise with seeing some violence in this novel was HUGE and it felt abrupt, and yet it was just what I had been waiting and hoping for. This novel is already becoming one of my all-time favourites. The violence occurs when "Holmes dashed into the crowd to protect the lady; but just as he reached her, he gave a cry and dropped down to the ground, with the blood running freely down his face" (Pg 38) The book goes on to say that they do not know who hurt Holmes, but he is not dead. The only reason why Sir Arthur Conan Doyle chose to keep Holmes alive was... You simply can't kill the protagonist in a novel within the first fifty pages.
And yet- What if Holmes had been killed so quickly in the book? The narrative is from Watson's prespective after all, so would that mean Watson would step in and take Holmes' place as the protagonist? Doyle is a detailed orientated person who has a reason for everything, and he probably has grand plans for Holmes later on in the story. We'll see as we continue to read.
Doyle, Sir Aurthur Conan. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1996.
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I would just like to say that I think it would be amazing if Sherlock Holmes was killed quickly, and then Watson took his place pretending to be him. That would make everything so much more complicated! Although it sounds like these books don't need more complicatedness.
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