Dr. Watson Critical Thinking

As a lover of storytelling, I was quite excited to see this author on my computer. Growing up, everyone knows Sherlock Holmes and has seen a variation of his story but very few have actually read any of the original works by Sir Conan Doyle. Knowing that the only way to truly understand the brilliance of Sherlock Holmes and his storytelling was through Doyle's own words, this is a travesty. Reading this story almost felt like being a fly on the wall. It gave me an insight to this brilliant man's mind but there is still one barrier to break. We never truly understand what is going through Sherlock's mind due to the fact the story is told through of Dr. Watson. Like any good author, Sir Conan Doyle did this with a very specific end game in mind.

Watson narrate the story was probably the easiest thing for the audience to follow, in hindsight. He is closer to the intelligence level of the average reader. However, we do miss out on many of Sherlock's greater discoveries. For the perspective of Watson and us, it is simply an after thought while Holmes is telling him what the next step was. If Sherlock was the narrator, I imagine that there would have been a much greater emphasis on the initial discovery of Irene's ambitions as well as his own plan. I was almost struggling to keep up as the climax occurred. While the argument could have been made that his mind would have worked to fast to comprehend anyway, I believe that hearing it from his own mind would have been a fascinating view. Personally, it would have been a great insight for me to see how his mind worked and how he decided on the ideas he

Even in the most gruesome moments on a case, he still has this childlike excitement. Could this venture be a bit on the psychotic side seeing as he worked with criminals? This is very possible but it was also the key to his success. I believe he looked at everything as a chase game. Every piece was just another step to ,once again, proving his brilliance. In fact, at one point of his explanation, I could almost see a hint of humanity. This would be the moment in which Sherlock revealed his plan to Watson and the reader. I could almost feel his excitement bounce of the page as he hastily described what was to come next. This is the first time we saw any kind of strong response from Sherlock other than annoyance. I believe this outlook would change how the story is to be perceived in a great way. Our narrator, Dr. Watson, has an interesting outlook that does give the story an interesting perspective but it is one of curiosity and acquisitiveness.

Sherlock looks at this story from the perspective of a man playing a game of chess, looking for patterns and anticipating everyone's next step. In my experience, Sherlock would be the type of player to observe the little things. Like a twitch or a nervous habit that would lead to the