The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Characters
Hello Everyone! My previous blog post was about
the first sixty-two pages of my story... This blog post will mainly be about
the main characters of the story, and how their personality looks like. While
describing the characters I am probabley going to describe the way they act in
situations, so we can sort of analyze the in full detail so you really know the
characters, and become masters at identifying them at the end of the book. So I
think it's important for you guys to know that happened in the book after those
sixty-two pages.
Let's Talk about the main points in the
begininng of the story?
- The Baskerville
Curse- Sir Hugo Baskerville (deceased) strated the curse a long time ago.
- The Murder Of
Sir Charles Baskerville- Since there is a curse running down the family,
it is believed that Sir Charles dies because the devils were unleashed and
killed him during night, but the truth is, he was murdered by a monstrous
hound.
- Trying to keep Sir Henry Safe- Sir Henry is the closest to Sir Charles which means he has inherited all from Sir Charles, which means all of his money (800,000 Pounds)and the whole Baskerville Hall which is a million pounds.
They are all from a part of the United Kingdom, I have concluded this because the way the narrator of the book write dialogues or monlogues. There families have not yet been written about, except Sherlock Holmes's brother. As well as their hobbies, it's mostly investigating and playing tennis (I did not make this up, it says in the book)
So
that is basically where we stopped, and so many things happened since then that
I literally couldn't remember all the incidents I told you, so I had to look at
my old blog post. Now we will move on to the describing of the characters and
what they have done so far...
Sherlock
Holmes- Mr.Holmes seems to be the most interesting man in this story, he is a
very intelligent man, and seems to recognize the type of person someone is.
When I was reading the fifty-nine pages, I did not even hear a word of Sherlock
Holmes in the book, probably because he did not accompany Dr.Watson when he
went to Baskerville Hall. Sherlock Holmes is a man that can use all of the
clues he is given, to solve the most spectacular crime in history. Analyzing
the part with the taxi driver, we were able to see that Sherlock Holmes can
find his way across all of the predicaments and find out who it was.
Dr.
Watson- Dr.Watson is much like Sherlock Holmes, even though at times he does
not understand why Sherlock Holmes does things, later on Watson understand why
he has done them and learns from him as well. Watson is a very good at looking
for clues, I presume that is why Sherlock Holmes told him to go to Baskerville
Hall with Sir Henry. If he was to see the footprints of a hound 100 meters away
he would look at every possible explanation to how and why Sir Charles was
murdered. Most importantly, Dr.Watson is a very loyal friend, he does what he
is asked by Sherlock Holmes (This includes sending him telegrams when something
interesting has happened) He reports with great detail and this clearly shows
he is a man with a strong character.
Sir
Henry Baskerville- “A small, alert, dark-eyed man about thirty
years of age, very sturdily built”- The way he is physically described in
the book. Just like his relatives he is very intelligent, in some cases it is
not shown that he is make the right actions but he uses all this intelligence to
get out of the rough situation he is in.
Dr.Mortimer-
A medical practitioner and friend of the
Baskervilles. Mortimer is tall, thin and good-natured with rather eccentric
habits. He is, nonetheless, a competent country doctor who was made the
executor of Sir Charles's will. He sets the book's plot in train by travelling
to London to inform Holmes and Watson about the strange events surrounding Sir
Charles's demise, and alerting them to the dangerous situation that Sir Henry
now faces as Sir Charles's heir. Mortimer continues to assist Holmes and Watson
in their twin roles as investigators and bodyguards until the conclusion of the
case.
What
has happened after the sixty two pages?
After
the sixty-two pages it is more focused on Sir Henry and on the other main
characters that have not yet been mentioned. These characters include: Jack
Stapleton, Beryl Stapleton, John Barrymore, Eliza Barrymore, and Selden.
When
Dr.Watson arrives with Dr.Mortimer and Sir Henry to Baskerville Hall, he is
greeted by the Barrymore’s. When he arrives at the station near to Baskerville
Hall he sees many police officers next to some dead bodies. Dr.Watson asks the
man what has happened to the dead people, the officers replies that a man named
Selden is a murderer on the loose and is reported to be in the moor, killing people
to survive. What a nice way to be greeted… When he arrives at the Hall he is
greeted by the Barrymore’s that seem to already made a nice meal expecting
their arrival. That same night, Dr.Watson was unable to sleep because he had
heard a woman sobbing in the middle of the night. When he gets up, he sees Mr.
Barrymore lighting a candle and going to the other end of Baskerville Hall,
into a room with a window that overlooks the moor. He waits there for a couple
of minutes and light off the candle and returns to his room. Was that strange? The
following morning, Sir Henry seems to say nothing, he probably hasn’t heard the
midnight sobbing or has not seen the midnight carrying candles around the
house. Dr.Watson and Sir Henry decide that it would be best that they try to
meet the people surrounding Baskerville Hall, such as the Stapleton’s. When
they meet, the Stapleton’s introduce themselves and give a very kind
impression, the exchange a few words and then Jack says he has to leave and
return to his business, catching butterflies at the moor. Before Dr.Watson and
Sir Henry leave they are warned by the Beryl Stapleton that it is not safe here
and that it would be best if they leave and go somewhere where they are not
endangered by the ferocious hound. Beryl kindly asks the gentlemen not to
mention a word to her brother because he will get extremely mad because they
have talked about this topic, or that she has said anything to them about the
hound.
I
GIVE THIS BOOK A 10/10 SO FAR! Everyone should read it!
Thank you for reading this blog post, and be sure
to read all my next ones! And don’t worry, all with be unveiled in my next blog
posts!
-Marija Bogdanovic, 7A
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