The Hound of the Baskervilles Period 5 – DQ #1
PERIOD 5
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?
I agree with Ben B. It seens a good point that with Watson narrating, there would be less confusion. Many things seem to be swirling around in Holmes’s head, we may not be able to keep up with his train of thought.
i agree with Charles W. because its more of a mystery when you see it through someone elses eyes instead of Mr.Holmes which the book explains a lot about. You get more of the wanting more type of feeling when you see what someone thinks about someone else instead of knowing right away.
i meant to say i think that Sir Doyle chose Watson to narrate the story instead of Mr.Holmes was because….
I think that Sir Doyle chose Holmes to narrate the story was because that way you can see it from another persons perspective, meaning that you can see it in a different point of view. The benefits of choosing him are that you can be guessing what is going on, then having to know all at once. The drawbacks of it though are that certain things take a little to long to find out about things, they just keep drawing it out and somepeople want to find out at a certain point.
I think that Sir Doyle chose Doyle to narrate the story was because that way you can see it from another persons perspective, meaning that you can see it in a different point of view. The benefits of choosing him are that you can be guessing what is going on, then having to know all at once. The drawbacks of it though are that certain things take a little to long to find out about things, they just keep drawing it out and somepeople want to find out at a certain point.
I agree with Michael P. Whoever Doyle did decide to choose to narrate the story,you really are going to wonder what the other one is thinking regardless.But since Watson was chosen to narrate,right now we are really just trying to understand what Holmes really thinks of Watson,and just his perspective on everything.
I think that Doyle chose Watson to narrate the story instead of Holmes so you could see the story from another person’s point of view.The drawbacks of doing this are that you won’t be able to see What Holme’s is thinking,just what Watson is saying.But the advantages of doing this are that it will make the story more interesting.What I mean by this is like,if Holmes were narrating the story,the text probably would have been more different,and to me the book wouldnt really be a mystery anymore,if you knew the thoughts behind Holmes.