The Hound of the Baskervilles

Hey guys, hope everyone is feeling good, getting a two day week and all. For this blog I will be talking to you about another Sherlock Holmes adventure that I found to be interesting and worth sharing. The Hound of the Baskervilles is also another well known tale by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  For those not familiar with this adventure here is a GoodRead link to the summary. 

By now you probably have read the summary, if needed be, and now I will talk to you about my take on the book. The reason why I am taking the time to talk to you about this book, is because in this book Holmes and Watson don't go and solve a murder, but instead he goes and investigates a mysterious as of a legend of a devil-beast. This is probably Holmes' most terrifying case for him and us. When I say that you may think that I am joking with you but, "presume nothing" as Sherlock would say. The book is one that I would recommend to everyone who'll love a good suspense novel and also a little scare. 

Well hope that brings the mood of everyone in a positive manner.  Hope you'll be eagerly waiting for my next blog post, until then enjoy. 

The Study in Scarlet

Hey guys, how is everyone today? I bet that most of you are hoping for it to snow.  On the topic of for this blog post I am going to go back into the past on snowy day when I was really bored and I decided to read a book. The book I decided to read was the infamous Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, but we all know that there are a lot of books in that series so the one I will be talking to you about is The Study in Scarlet. This is well known because this is the very first adventure that Dr. Watson experienced with Sherlock Holmes. For those not familiar with this book here is a link to a GoodReads summary.

By now you probably read the summary, if needed be of course; now I am going to tell you my take on the book. The series as a whole is really interesting, because of the methods Holmes uses. In most detective stories the protagonist stumbles on clue by luck but Holmes, unlike other detectives, uses actual facts and reasoning to solve his mysteries. There is one down side to a person being as smart as Holmes, and that is the person's ego. Sherlock Holmes is one who likes to be over smart, stubborn, and acts as if he knows everything. There is a line that is world famous and that is, "Elementary, my dear Watson". At first this may seem that Dr. Watson must be a complete idiot, which can't be right hence the title Dr., but it is because of Holmes' ego. 

The series is one that I highly recommend to all those who like a good suspense and also look out for my next blog post. See you all next time.

Son of Two Bloods Connection

Hello everyone, for this blog post I will be talking about the Son of Two Bloods by Vincent L. Mendoza. The Son of Two Bloods is about Vincent's life and how he was a half Mexican and half Creek Indian Because of his multicultural background he was questioning about himself for he didn't feel like he was fitting in either in  culture. Later on he would join the Marines during the Vietnam War. His military experiences would help develop Vincent to understand that there are people who are suffering more than he is, and by suffering I mean not knowing when a grenade will hit the battlefields or even in those in fret for those who are fighting. He also realizes he is the bridge between those two groups. Lastly he had to deal with his wife's death.

All that had happened to Vincent, would probably be really overwhelming, not just for him but to anyone, let it be you, the reader, or me, the blogger. So reading this book was really insightful to me as a human being, who like most, has somewhat of an ego. I'd recommend this book to pretty much middle school students or higher.

Now that I gave you an synopsis to the book and what I thought of it, let's get to the main point of this blog which is to take this book and connect it to society. The connection I made with society was with the wartime effects. Almost all the soldiers during the Vietnam War were excited about the war and were getting ready to kick some butt, but it was when the first shot was shot people had a different mindset. This article relates to Vincent cause he also was one of those people who was excited about the war and was ready for the action, but he was disappointed he didn't get it. The website for the article is https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/war_peace/media/hpsych.html.

For this post that is all I will be talking to you about look out for my next blog post. Until then, good bye.