By: Jonathan Chu
The novel A Study in Scarlet had
many unique elements to the story. The author of the novel has put great detail
to when this is taking place. Themes played a major role in the novel; there
were many types of themes that made the novel better than it already was.
Revenge is a huge theme that happened in the novel, in the story one of the
characters, Jefferson Hope has this desire to find the men who murdered his
friend John Ferrier and his daughter Lucy, who he had feelings for, he devoted
his life to bring their killers to justice. Another major theme is friendship,
Sherlock Holmes and Watson are the best of pals, they are really good friends
and both are geniuses. Their relationship is successful due to their mutual
respect they have for each other, as well as their complementary personalities.
In this story there is a narrator that is explaining his part of the story, his
name is Watson. I wouldn’t call him the central narrator of the novel because
he is telling his own story. As a first person narrative, Watson really helps
draw the attention to what we don’t know by regularly pointing out the obvious.
The tone in this story is really quite
unique, it is very mysterious and suspenseful, and it lures you out of your
seat and wanting to read more. Suspense grows out of the awareness that we, the
readers know less about something than certain characters in a story do. Overall
I have just reached the tip of the iceberg about the literary devices there are
many more that I haven’t covered, but I am hoping that you will notice what type
of different structures the author used if you intend on reading the novel.
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