1984

The Hound of the Baskervilles.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

First of all, this is a classic story of Sherlock Holmes narrated by his dear Watson, the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one if not the best story teller in British Literature concerning detective issues.

The story began with a strange case that came to Baker Street in the hands of Dr. Mortimer who came to London from a countryside town called Devonshire, where apparently a mysterious case had taken place, it was not only a matter of murder but also under strange circumstances were supernatural issues seem to have a role. According to Dr. Mortimer, the head physician and close friend of Sir Charles Baskerville who was a wealthy landowner in Devonshire, there was a curse over this Baskerville family. In this issue we can see the eternal struggle between good and evil but that happens to be just an analogy to what we will see afterwards. So Sherlock was very interested in this case because of the complex relation between what we call natural and supernatural. As a man of logic he always knew this was only another kind of murder but hidden under this supernatural frame. Watson the narrator has always had an important role for Sherlock seems in his deductions Sherlock seems to find the error and then correct it, as Holmes said once 'My dear Watson you are not yourself luminous but you're a conductor of light'. Watson always tried to amaze Holmes with his deductions but He was only one step forward so such amazement was never such. So here we can see a tight relationship between the Master - Holmes and the Apprentice - Watson, and that is a key in the entire book and in every adventure of these two world famous detectives. Well after accepting this challenge away from London, by the way he was ought to prevent Sir Henry Baskerville the heir of the Baskerville Hall and every good of this family that was supposed to be cursed and killed by a huge hound that has been chasing every man in this family ever since, Sherlock was pretty sure that this was only a case of natural order, so he started to collect clues in London since he realized Dr. Mortimer was being followed. He found some interesting clues while he was taking care of Sir Henry who had arrived to London from the USA where he lived. Sir Henry was astonished with this story of the curse upon his family and even though he was warned about it he decided to go there and face his destiny as a Baskerville, of course Sherlock wouldn't let him go by himself and sent Watson along with Sir Henry, Watson was surprised because it was the first time Holmes would place this responsibility over him and he was very happy for it. In this case we can see again this relationship between master and apprentice where trust plays an important role. Holmes had to stay in London because he was in charge of another case. Once Sir Henry and Watson arrived to Devonshire he realized of this creepy moor right behind the Baskerville Hall and it was the exact place where the last victim of this cursed was found with a terrible expression of horror in his face. Sherlock had told Watson that he should investigate every neighbor of this Baskerville family and everyone surrounding it. And Watson did so, at first he met the Baskerville's servants who seemed to be very loyal and had worked for the family for several years. Then he met this other family the Stapleton that consisted of two members Mr. Stapleton and his sister. So far we have the classical frame, the police and the criminal, the suspicious characters and the spot of the crime the creepy and dark moor. It also follows the logical chronological order that a story of this sort must have, leaving some facts in the shadows in order to attract the reader's mind and judiciousness. During Watson's stay in Baskerville Hall he happens to live very unusual situations that would consider suspicious like a lady's crying every night and footsteps, also the moaning of an animal which was presumably this huge haunted dog that would kill every Baskerville. Watson was supposed to sent Sherlock reports on everything he found useful and interesting for the case and he did, he was also supposed to take good care of Sir Henry which he often with exceptions. Sir Henry started to feel weird and afraid because he felt like something evil was upon him, but at the same time he found love in Mrs. Stapleton. This did not like Mr. Stapleton who was somehow jealous of him because he said his sister had been his companion since ever and he did not want to lose her, but he did it not in a very appropriate way, especially for a butterfly collector. So here we have what we can call a main clue. Watson started to investigate all this suspicious things and he found out that there was a man hiding in the moor and that that man was a convict who had commited several murders and he was being protected by the Baskerville's servants, it turns out that this man was the servant's wife's brother and was being fed by the servants. He decided to went there and trap this felon by he ran away, at that moment he saw another man standing at the top of a rock watching him he felt helpless and went back to Baskerville Hall. Watson had made lot of research and he was getting closer to the murderer but he had no foundation to accuse anybody. Mr. Frackland was an obsessed lawyer that sticked to the law and wanted to take every criminal to jail by his own means no matter what, money or even his own life. He contacted Watson and showed him his telescope at the top of his house. From there he said he could see the moor better than no one and he showed this man that was fed every night by a little boy, this was new to Watson because he knew the criminal was being fed but by the servants not a boy, so he was sure that was that other man in the moor.

He went there to see what this man was doing there and why he was observing him all the time, he went there rapidly hid there with his revolver loaded and waited for this man, he was waiting for the precise moment to attack and solve this mystery but he heard a familiar voice that said 'it's a lovely evening, my dear Watson'. Sure, it was him the very Sherlock Holmes who had been all the time there watching Watson's achievements in the research and making his own as well. So in this moment Watson felt betrayed because his mentor had lied to him and been there like a ghost, but Holmes immediately told him about the purpose of his actions that was nothing more the to get into the frame and not interfere with Watson's investigation, at that moment they heard a noisy bark and a scream and there it was sir Henry had fallen from a cliff and broke his neck, to their surprise it was the convict that was wearing Sir Henry's clothes given away by him to his servants. They were sure it was the hound that had chased