The Hound of the Baskervilles Period 4 – DQ #1
PERIOD 4
Before you get to the question you have to understand that this is a discussion, and that you will be graded for “discussing” . You might be wondering, how I will grade you. Well, here’s how I’ll do it.
- Answer the Discussion Question completely (50%).
- Respond to at least one classmate’s answer (50%).
- A response to a classmate must be substantial.
- Substantial means having something to add to another’s comment:
- agreement with explanation,
- disagreement with explanation,
- add something completely new.
Here’s the question:
Why did Doyle choose Watson to narrate Hound instead of having Holmes tell the story himself? What are the benefits and drawbacks of doing it this way?
Be advised that I will not go through how to answer every question (as I did for this one below) all the time. You must get into the practice of answering every part of a question.
Now, go ahead and read the rest of this, answer the Discussion Question, and submit it.
You must be sure to answer every part of the question and to respond to another’s comment. That is the catch when it comes to getting your points for discussion assignments.It is very important to really read the entire question before responding to it. If you look at this question closely, you’ll notice that there are actually two separate interrogatives, or question statements:
- Why did Doyle choose Watson to narrate Hound instead of having Holmes tell the story himself?
- Explain the reason why the author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, chose Watson to be the narrator rather than Holmes.
- What are the benefits and drawbacks of doing it this way?
- This asks you to do two things:
- Explain the benefits of having Watson narrate the tale,
- Explain the drawbacks of having Watson narrate the tale.
- This asks you to do two things:
Now answer the Discussion Question:
Why did Doyle choose Watson to narrate Hound instead of having Holmes tell the story himself? What are the benefits and drawbacks of doing it this way?
Watson was chosen by Doyle because if we had Holmes to narrate we would be so confused on what is going on so we get a smart yet understandable answer by Watson. This way we are able to understand how Watson feels. Which isn’t that bad. The bad thing is that we aren’t able to understand how the other charaeters feel in the story. 🙁 . At least i’m not lost.
i also agree with alexis because its true that watson can make the story more interesting and mysterious because having watson narrate it does give it a better point of view and gives it mystery because if holmes would hav told the story he would have possibly gotten straight to the point and watson makes us wanna read more!!
Doyle chose Watson to narrate this story because opinion would leave the mystery as to how Holmes really feels and left out his ideas that he thinks to come out later when the right time comes instead of telling us right then and there how he feels with him as the narrator. The good thing about this is that we can also tell how watson feels about what ever that is happening in the story but the drawbacks about this is that you only know how watson feels and only his opinion and noone else’s!