SHERLOCKIAN
that is the way I used to describe myself when I was young. By first meeting with this character was done in ours classroom.In probably Std-6 a date was fixed with this character when we started reading a chapter in ours english text book. The chapter named was ’’BLUE CARBUNCLE’’.
I didn’t understand the story(moreso the reasonings )initially but when the teacher simplified the story and told more about sherlock holmes following and all the myths surrounding him and his creator Canon Doyle that I really became interested.The school library didn’t had the copies and as fate would have it I got a chance to read only 2-3 years later.The first one being the case-book of sherlock holmes.I did nothing for the next couple of days and only after I had completed the book that I did look in the other activities.
Now I have read all the sherlock holmes stories and many other(including poirot, lecoq, father brown, marple, perry mason etc).But there is truly something about the first original detective character who still captivates all the readers from the world around. though I agree that Holmes does resemble Lecoq reasoning abilities but still it has many unique characteristics.
What I like about the Holmes is that he openly declares that if I wouldn’t be a detective I would have been a criminal(way to go man).Each story of his needs to be read and re-read to completely absorb the charisma and reasoning abilities of the detective.Every story is fresh and original.Nothing seems to be forced.Everything is so casual and natural that you feel that you are actually the part of the plot.
the reasoning ability is marvellous and the way he tells watson about his methods to tackle the case that it seems that it was so easy to see that how one can miss it.Myself have now matured enough and now I don’t try to figure out the culprit.Just I follow like Watson and wait for the master detective to give reasoning at the end to satisfy my appetite for the mystery.
great one and I firmly beleive there will be no great detective like the one who once lived in the humble lodgings of the 221 BAKER’S STREET
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