The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Read 189/307 pages
Protagonist
The protagonist in the novel I am reading is named Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is a "consulting detective" based in London, whose deduction abilities are stupefying. Holmes, is known for is perspicacious logical skills, and scientific knowledge, which he uses to solve complex cases.
Sherlock Holmes is taller than six feet, he is quite lean, and he walks quite energetically and briskly. His senses are extremely developed. His hair is raven black, and he is known for wearing a peculiar hat, a long loose coat, smoking a pipe and carrying a magnifying glass.
In The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock is described as bohemian, he is an eccentric, he has no regard for cleanliness or good order. Sometimes he does not speak for days on end, and others times he is intensely engaged in a complex case or pursuing his hobbies. He is a sociopath, he has almost no social ability, Holmes does not know how to make friends, and has no clue about human emotions, beyond that which can be studied. He often comes off as rude, cruel, or cold hearted, because he has no interest in emotions, and makes no effort to protect others. He has a very addictive personality.
Antagonist
The antagonist in the novel I am reading is behind all the crimes that Sherlock solves and is named Moriarty. Professor Moriarty is described by Holmes as the “Napoleon of all crime”, he is a most brilliant criminal mastermind, Holmes has ever met. He is extremely intelligent, calculative, manipulative and cunning. His ruthlessness, intellect, grandiosity, and lack of empathy make it fair to say that he is a psychopath and sociopath. He sees humans as either obstacles which have to be destroyed, or pawns that should be manipulated. He is extremely resilient and perseverant. Moriarty, suffers a superiority complex, he is overconfident, precocious and arrogant.
Boris,
ReplyDeleteyour word choice was extremely good, as where the descriptions. I like the way that your descriptions are not just plain, but include metaphors, build a kind of suspense and make your want to find out more about the characters. I have read some Conan Doyle books before, and thoroughly enjoyed them, I hope you do too.
Martin.