The Hound of the Baskervilles #3

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Protagonist: Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is the main character of this book who is working on this case to find out what creature the hound would be and who is spying after Sir Henry Baskerville. 

• He is very observant and resourceful.

ex) when he is concluding the facts that he has came up with about Dr. James Mortimer by observing his staff and looking through the Medical Directory book - house surgeon/physician, Left CCH five years ago, is under thirty, who owns a dog. 

• His brain works fast and he is good at finding relation of things.

ex) Sir Henry Baskerville receives an envelope and it was written by cutting and pasting the words from the newspaper except for a word. Sherlock Holmes realizes that the words were cut off from The Times newspaper of the day before, using nail scissors and pasting with gum. 

ex) Examined that the envelope was made in an hotel. Holmes was able to say that by seeing the ink of the word. 

Antagonist: Unknown

Antagonist is the one who sent the warning envelope to Sir Henry Baskerville and the one who is very 'interested' in his movements.

• He is a clever man.

ex) "I was looking out for loiterers in the street, but I saw none. We are dealing with a clever man, Watson. This matter cuts very deep,-" (Sherlock Holmes)

ex) The character who is possibly the antagonist of the book has found out that Sir Henry Baskerville is going to the Northumberland Hotel the day before Sir Baskerville has actually went to the hotel while no one could have known it since he decided that he was going to stay in the hotel after he met Dr Mortimer.

My thoughts

Sometimes the text was a little difficult that I had to read to over several times in order to understand what it was meaning.