Research Paper
They both are detectives and know their jobs; however, they use different methods of observation, also things like the way they act about evidence or the way they string evidence together like matching a walking stick with a specific person. Sherlock loves to work with Watson and acts as if he is a brother to him, where as the main character in Death is a Lonely Business sees the people he works with as just a part of the job. Holmes loves his job and becomes excited when he hears he is called upon, while the main character in Death is a Lonely Business seems miserable and doesn’t adore his job.
Holmes is the classic detective of Scotland Yard where the other detective is a normal patrol detective and shows he has as many tricks in his gag as the Scotland Yard hero, in having different ways of solving the case. Holmes, in The Hound of the Bakersfield, takes account every detail and carefully thinks about every piece of evidence, while The Narrator from Death is a Lonely Business is more of a average detective who just starts off as questioning people and giving the run down questions like “where were you at time”.
Holmes notices bizarre evidence, a bite mark on a cane to a point in an intern;IEEE that doesn’t quite add up, events the average detective would miss. Ray Bradbury makes The Narrator seem like the average California detective; however, he seems to use his own style things like the way he asks people questions, the wording he uses, something more advanced than average. They both are considered good detectives by their partners and their peers, but they have different tools.
In the beginning of The Hound of the Bakersfield, Holmes and Watson encounter the man who gives them the case to solve; yet, Holmes knows what kind of man he is before he even reaches them only by using the clues from the cane the man has left behind. “l think that am fairly justified in my inferences. As to the adjectives, I said, if I member right, amiable, ambitious, and absent-minded.
It is my experience that it is only an amiable man in this world who receives testimonials, only an ambitious one who abandons a London career for the country, and only an absent-minded one who leaves his stick and not his visiting-card after waiting an hour in your room”. (Cowan Doyle 6) Holmes and Watson discus the mysterious cane left behind by DRP. Mortimer their delivery man of their mission. Holmes notices details the average person would not notice; he trained his partner Watson to be just like him.
Unfortunately, not even Watson can notice some of the evidence Holmes finds; he is one of the only people who understands Holmes and his process of detecting. Holmes focuses on every inch in the picture, while The Narrator picks important evidence out and makes them into a plot. A man has just called the police in finding the first body of the book; we are introduced to the main detective, The Narrator. “A plainclothes detective, short, balding, kneeled by the body and turned out the coat pockets. From them tumbled wads and clots of what looked like wet snowflakes, paper-mchi” (Bradbury 12).
The quote displays how he observes the crime scene and goes through the rundown of basic evidence collecting. Yet, figures out the killers’ signature, an item that could lead to a big discovery in solving the first murder. The quote highlights that he uses average detective tools, but elevates his thinking of finding a piece of evidence that may lead to a break in the case later. Both The Narrator and Holmes detect in the same way, however they have different ways in thinking and tying evidence to the case. A mysterious writer by the initials JP had IS work published in a Alfred A. Knops article. Alfred A.
Knops, is founder of a New York publishing house and Author of Some Random Recollections. “He teams with local police detective Elm Crumble reluctantly, at first, on Cruller’s part to solve the case. The only clues they have are the writer’s intuition, articles that go missing from the decease’s residences and a blind man’s keen sense of smell” (JP). JP explains that most detectives don’t get that much of a lead just like the ones in Death is a Lonely Business. The Narrator and other detectives in Death is a Lonely Business have to rely on each other ND work the case themselves with hard work and determination.
Daniel Burt states some similar difficulties. Daniel Burt completed his PhD from New York university and was a dean at Wesleyan university for nine years; he taught English literature there as well and has written many books including The Novel 1 00: A Ranking Of the Greatest Novels Of All Time. “In effect it becomes the true nemesis for Holmes-?the power of nature and fear and madness that it can produce in the human mind” (Burt). The quote tells the struggle of Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of The Bakersfield.
Detectives’ obstacles are created from lack of evidence, however for Holmes it is because of lack of thinking. Sherlock Holmes relays mainly on himself with some help from his partner, Watson. Both critics are knowledgeable and support the struggles of the Narrator and Sherlock Holmes throughout the novels. The Hound of the Bakersfield displays Sherlock Holmes and his partner Watson as close friends who love working together, while in Death is a Lonely Business Ray Bradbury shows the Narrator and Elm Crumble work together simply because they want to solve the unfortunate murders.
Sir Arthur Cowan Doyle presents us with the fact Holmes and Watson have been working together for years; he provides us with information that we can decipher and realize they enjoy and want to work together to solve the mystery at hand. Ray Bradbury throws an interesting combination together. The Narrator and Elm Crumble have never met and never encountered each other before. We can evaluate they do not like each other and met by fate. The Narrator and Sherlock Holmes have different views on their partners and how they want to incorporate their partners into the case.
It is the beginning of the book and Sir Arthur Cowan Doyle is introducing us to a minor mystery’ Watson says; think,’ said l, Following so far as I could the methods of my companion,’that DRP Mortimer is a successful elderly medical man, well-esteemed, since those woo know him give him this mark of their appreciation. ” (Cowan Doyle 2). The quote is from Watson, Sherlock Holmes partner in his case solving. The quote shows Holmes taught Watson some of the techniques he has acquired through his career, and also, Watson refers to Holmes as his companion.
This quote is important because it shows the close relationship between Sherlock Holmes and his partner Watson, in both life and detective work. Holmes enjoys his partner and friend while the Narrator seems to feel bitter towards Elm Crumble. The Narrator has come to detective Elm to talk about the crime scene and witnesses that may have been passing and saw the crime. “We played this scene yesterday. You come to apologize? You got stuff to say that’s louder and funnier? ” (Bradbury 49). The quote is from a conversation the Narrator and detective Elm have about the Narrator making wise and foolish moments to Elm.
It shows the early tension between the two and can foreshadow the obstacles the will have to overcome to solve the case. The Narrator and detective Elm are not friends; they have never met before, and they have had nothing to do with each other until now. The Narrator needs Elm’s detective instinct, and Elm needs the Narrator’s ability to pick out evidence and piece the parts of the case together. Sherlock Holmes and the Narrator both have partners, one by choice, and the other by fate. Whether they laugh and joke or scowled and hate each other, they need them to solve he mysteries at hand.
Mary Ellen Snodgrass, award winning author including Shakespeare on the Double! Hamlet and teaches English and Latin at Lenore Rhine University “Watson presents his imperfect understanding of the crime through open-ended questions about the silent, spectral monster that reputedly roams the area” (Snodgrass). The quote tells Watson is included by Holmes in the case because of the fact they are partners; not only that but because Holmes has taught Watson what he knows about solving crimes. Holmes loves and appreciates Watson and his willingness to work and learn from Holmes. Gerald H.
Strauss gives his opinion on how the Narrator and Elm work together. Gerald H. Strauss Author of Lather’s House of Learning: Introducing of the Young in the German Reformation “The young man’s first challenge is to convince the police detective, Elm Crumble, that the several deaths are neither natural nor accidental”(Strauss). The quote presents the feelings Of the Narrator and how he must overcome the barrier set between the two. The quote helps show how the Narrator must fight through different challenges; speaking and standing up to Crumble in particular, in the book to each his ultimate goal of solving the case.
Both Snodgrass and Strauss have valid points on different aspects of the way the partners feel about each other. Sir Arthur Cowan Doyle displays Holmes’ excitement to work, as gear by asking DRP Mortimer many questions about the case. Ray Bradbury presents the Narrator as desperate and needing to find the murderer of innocent people. Sherlock Holmes, of The Hound of The Bakersfield, is genius and incredible on his thought process upon receiving a new case. The Narrator, in Death is a Lonely Business, doesn’t know where to begin, because e is not a real detective he is writer who is forced into being a detective.
Both detectives are highly capable of the job; however, both take different paths in figuring out the main goal, who is the perpetrator of the crimes committed. Sherlock Holmes gets news of the case and is informed he is requested to find the murderer of Hugo Basketballs. He ponders the information he receives for a good period of time. “Yes, I have thought a good deal of it in the course of the day. ‘ ‘What do you make of it? ‘It is very bewildering. ‘ ‘It has certainly a character of its own. There are points of distinction about it. That change in the footprints, for example. What do you make of that? ‘ (Cowan Doyle 38). Holmes tells Watson to go out on the town for the day so he can think and elaborate his thoughts on the case. When Watson returns Holmes and he have a conversation on what Holmes has thought about the case. Holmes has seen nothing of the crime scene, he as only heard a story from a DRP Mortimer. He can determine what has happen to the man and confirms things in the story and why this happened. Holmes is a well educated detective and becomes eager when he gets a call, while the Narrator in Death is a Lonely Business is a novice and isn’t too happy to see dead people.
