The Speckled Band

Before I began to read “Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band” I had some preconceived notions as to what this story would be about and the style in which it would be written. “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” had many traditional aspects and the structural set up of a high-quality, fictional detective story. Like most detective stories and all Sherlock Holmes stories, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” had somewhat of a third party narrator. Watson, Sherlock Holmes’ associate, served as the narrator. Watson detailed the all of the events from a very logical, factual, and unbiased point of view that allowed the reader to take part in the action through Watson’s inside vision. This particular story also used short, blunt sentences, and sentence fragments to keep the audience engaged and actively thinking. Doyle, the story’s author, also stays true to the traditional detective story structure by having the good always prevail. After a long, drawn out, and very detailed account of events, Doyle concludes the story by having the narrator, Watson, reflect on prior events. By using a typical detective storyline and structure to keep the audience engaged and actively trying to solve the mystery throughout, Doyle creates an intriguing story that fulfilled most of my preconceived notions.