The Red-Headed League Group

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dimples2qt
dimples2qt
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High School - 9th Grade

In The Red-Headed League, how does Sherlock Holmes contrast with Peter Jones, the police agent from Scotland Yard?

How des HOmes's outlook on life at the beginning of "the red-headed league compare or contrast at end of the story?

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Posted by dimples2qt on Sunday September 9, 2007 at 11:54 AM and tagged with characters, the red-headed league.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    In this story, as in many of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes seems so superior to the police that they barely seem to be engaged in the same profession. That said, Jones actively seeks Holmes' help. On his part, while Holmes dismisses the man's intelligence, he does praise Jones for being brave and persistent.

    The larger comparison is between Holmes' at times arrogant superiority, the attitude of a detective genius, and that of the average working police man, whose mind is much more limited.

     

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    Posted by gbeatty on Tuesday September 11, 2007 at 6:32 PM