On a cold, dark, night, Sir Charles Baskerville was walking alone down an alley. Creeping up behind him was the Hound of the Baskervilles. Sir Charles turned and saw the horrible hound. With terror in his heart, he ran as fast as he could in an attempt to escape the hound. He fell dead at the scene from heart problems and sheer terror. Sir Henry Baskerville has just moved into the hall that his family has owned for generations. The only problem is a hound-beast has been haunting the family. Watson and Holmes are called in to help. Sir Henry meets his neighbors and in the end his neighbor Stapleton did the crime. The Hound of the Baskervilles is a great novel written by none other than famous author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock
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English moors are real places. They are very, if not completely similar to what is portrayed in the story. Authors from England like to use the moors as settings in their books because of the creepy aura it gives to the story. Learning about the prisoner on the moor adds to the overall spook factor of the novel. When Watson spots a strange man that seems to disappear into thin air it sends a chill through the readers’ bones. This is partially due to the suddenness of this event, but the effect of the mysteries moor adds to this effect. The moor is very creepy, but the hall adds a more eerie feeling. After learning about the estate the reader starts to gain suspicion. They ask questions like, Is it a coincidence that the property is right next to the moor? and Is the hound real? The setting in this book was beneficial in constructing the sinister mood.
Any great mystery has to have captivating characters. The Hound of the Baskervilles is no exception. Right from the get-go we learn of the brilliance Holmes and Watson possess. When Sherlock explains who the cane belongs to, where they work, and why the cane looks like it does, immediately we see how great our detectives are (1-6). After all, the life of Sir Henry is in their hands. Sir Henry is by no means weak, although the hound did make him turn white as freshly fallen
English moors are real places. They are very, if not completely similar to what is portrayed in the story. Authors from England like to use the moors as settings in their books because of the creepy aura it gives to the story. Learning about the prisoner on the moor adds to the overall spook factor of the novel. When Watson spots a strange man that seems to disappear into thin air it sends a chill through the readers’ bones. This is partially due to the suddenness of this event, but the effect of the mysteries moor adds to this effect. The moor is very creepy, but the hall adds a more eerie feeling. After learning about the estate the reader starts to gain suspicion. They ask questions like, Is it a coincidence that the property is right next to the moor? and Is the hound real? The setting in this book was beneficial in constructing the sinister mood.
Any great mystery has to have captivating characters. The Hound of the Baskervilles is no exception. Right from the get-go we learn of the brilliance Holmes and Watson possess. When Sherlock explains who the cane belongs to, where they work, and why the cane looks like it does, immediately we see how great our detectives are (1-6). After all, the life of Sir Henry is in their hands. Sir Henry is by no means weak, although the hound did make him turn white as freshly fallen