{"id":8330,"date":"1998-04-02T21:42:59","date_gmt":"1998-04-02T21:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/?post_type=catbird-seat&#038;p=8330"},"modified":"2020-04-23T21:44:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T21:44:19","slug":"sir-arthur-conan-doyle","status":"publish","type":"catbird-seat","link":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/catbird-seat\/sir-arthur-conan-doyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Arthur Conan Doyle"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\nI encourage parents of young readers to introduce the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as early as possible.\u00a0 Not only do the tales of the incomparable detective Sherlock Holmes make interesting reading, but the literary craft is a valuable tool to any reader.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDoyle&#8217;s ability to weave a complicated yet plausible plot is evident in each story and every novel.\u00a0 <em>The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/em> is a novel with plenty of foreshadowing (hints dropped to keep the reader interested) which gives the reader an opportunity to solve the crime along with Holmes.\u00a0 The novel, just like his short stories, makes no subtlety that crime is wrong, whether stealing or murder.\u00a0 The good guys win and the bad guys not only lose, but they are punished for their crimes!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe literary tool of characterization is stronger in Doyle&#8217;s stories than in most modern works.\u00a0 This is a necessary tool for young readers to be exposed to.\u00a0 In Sherlock Holmes&#8217; stories, Watson is the reader&#8217;s character, reflecting what the reader would be thinking and trying to figure out about Holmes.\u00a0 Watson gets to follow Homes in the crime solving as does the reader.\u00a0 It&#8217;s fun.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI recommend starting with <em>A Study in Scarlet<\/em> in order to be properly introduced to Holmes the man and Holmes the Detective as told by his complex friend and literary partner, Dr. Watson.\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8059,"template":"","categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8330","catbird-seat","type-catbird-seat","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-catbird-seat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Aletheia Baptist Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/catbird-seat\/sir-arthur-conan-doyle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Aletheia Baptist Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I encourage parents of young readers to introduce the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as early as possible.\u00a0 Not only do the tales of the incomparable detective Sherlock Holmes make interesting reading, but the literary craft is a valuable tool to any reader. 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