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Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Watson’s primary role in the “Sherlock Holmes” is narrating the story. The narrator (Watson) mostly starts his stories in the middle of an action or scene “I am afraid, Watson that I shall I have to go,” said Holmes.

The style in he narrates the scene is informal but in a civil and polite way. He uses great description when setting the scene so that the reader can imagine exactly how the scene looks like, “I found myself in the corner of a first-class carriage flying along en route for Exeter, while Sherlock, with his sharp, eager face framed in his ear-flapped travelling-cap dipped rapidly into the bundle of fresh papers which he Paddington.”.

the narrator tells the story in a chronological order, in the present tense, so that it is easy to follow and make the reader keen on what going to happen next.

He is also a close friend and partner of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes trust and also relies on Watson,” I was sure that I might rely on you.” , “ you must say before this gentleman anything which you might

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