John Watson and Sherlock Cold Ways Essay

Submitted By happyperson10
Words: 433
Pages: 2
Open Document
Character Analysis of Dr. John Watson Who would Fred be without Barney? Batman without Robin? Stewie without Brian? They would be a character without personality because each of them, Fred, Batman and Stewie, needs their sidekick to balance them out. In the series Sherlock created by Mark Gantiss and Steven Moffat, the main characters, Sherlock Holmes, cocky and impulsive, and Dr. John
Watson, cautious and shy, help each other to solve crimes . Through the show, we see how the relationship between the two of them works together as gears in a watch. Dr. John
Watson is a doctor who served in the Afghanistan war. He returns to London “a bit of a lost soul” and meets Sherlock Holmes when they shared an apartment. They start to solve cases together. Sherlock is cold, irresponsible and selfish, but Watson is caring, responsible, and loyal; therefore they make a good team because they have opposite personalities. Holmes is the yin to Watson’s yang, “opposite contrary forces interconnected and interdependent.” Watson’s caring ways help make them a good team because he also saves other people from getting offended or hurt by Sherlock cold ways.. Dr. John Watson is caring compared to
Sherlock’s cold calculating ways. He chose to be an army doctor to serve England in the war.
In episode 1 “The study of Pink”, Watson risk his own life to save Sherlock’s life.In season two, Sherlock dies. Watson takes it hard not even calling Ms.Hudson for two years after
Sherlock's “death.” Watson is a responsible person. He respects the law while Sherlock does not care about the
Show More

Related Documents: John Watson and Sherlock Cold Ways Essay

Sherlock Holmes

The cold and concise depictions of England’s finest private investigator, do not accurately portray the sense of authenticity and kindness that exist in Sherlock Holmes. Instead of handling clients and their cases with the tactless and monotonous approach of a calculating machine, Mr. Holmes shows complete delicacy and discretion with each. The type of case is of no special significance to patient Holmes. In fact, he never considers one case above or of more importance than another. Each is dealt…

Words 840 - Pages 4

The Science Fiction Museum And Hall Of Fame

[EIGHT] WHAT INSPIRES THEM: SCIENCE FICTION’S IMPACT ON SCIENCE REALITY You can never tell when you make up something what will happen with it. You never know whether or not it will come true. —DONNA SHIRLEY The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame appropriately stands in the shadow of Seattle’s futuristic landmark, the Space Needle. Set in a multicolored, globular Frank Gehry-designed building that looks like a cut-up guitar (a “ridiculous . . . monstrosity of postmodern architecture” is…

Words 8778 - Pages 36

Managing Information Technology (7th Edition) Essay

CONTENTS: CASE STUDIES CASE STUDY 1 Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (A): The Role of the Operating Manager in Information Systems CASE STUDY I-1 IMT Custom Machine Company, Inc.: Selection of an Information Technology Platform CASE STUDY I-2 VoIP2.biz, Inc.: Deciding on the Next Steps for a VoIP Supplier CASE STUDY I-3 The VoIP Adoption at Butler University CASE STUDY I-4 Supporting Mobile Health Clinics: The Children’s Health Fund of New York City CASE STUDY I-5…

Words 239873 - Pages 960