Book Report (Story 1)

The Speckled Band

The Speckled Band is an story about Sherlock Holmes's adventures where he makes use of all its abilities to resolve it, is narrated by his friend Dr. Watson. This famous detective was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Helen a young woman came with Holmes for help the problem was that her sister Julia had died in a mysterious way when she wanted to get married and now that she wants to get married she suspects that something similar could happen, she said that her mother was rich and when she died all her money was given to her stepfather Dr. Roylott but if the sisters get married then they will recive some money. So becouse of this the main suspicious was the violent Dr. Roylott.

The only clues that Holmes had was the last words that Helen's sister said before she died "speckled band" and the unusual whistle that she always heard so he decided to go the house to investigate more. He found strange bell cord over the bed and a suspicious fan up the bed in the room of Julia. Dr. Roylott liked exotic animals, at this moment Holmes says that he has already deduced the solution to the mystery. So he plan to stay with Watson one night in the Julia's room and send Helen to another place, and that night when they heard the whistle Watson saw Holmes hitting with a stick the strange bell a few minutes later the Dr. Roylott screamed then the problem was resolve it, Dr. Roylott used a snake to kill Julia and he wanted to use the same method to kill Helen, the fan connect the two rooms and the snake slide with the bell so when Holmes hits the snake this returns angry to kill Dr. Roylott.

The story is interesting I like it because this kind of stories makes me think the alternatives ends and when I read the real end in most of the cases I always surprise. it was also useful for improve my english.

My conclusion is that the observation and deduction are great skills and for my career very helpful.