Object of the Study

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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

A. Object of the Study

Sherlock Holmes is one of many famous detective stories. It was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at late 19 th . The first story of Sherlock Holmes was published in 1887, titled Study in Scarlett and then followed by the second book titled Sign of Four that was published in 1890. In the first book, Study in Scarlett, it is about how Dr. Watson met Sherlock Holmes and about their first case together, which is about a murder crime. In the second book, Sign of Four, it is about finding a lost treasure that also involed a murder crime. After the first two novels, the story of Sherlock Holmes became popular. In 1891, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the first short story of Sherlock Holmes titled ―Scandal in Bohemia‖ and published it at The Strand Magazine. It was followed by 11 others short stories and finished in 1892. Then, it was published in one book titled The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. After it was published, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle still published short stories of Sherlock Holmes in The Strand Magazine until 1893 and published in a book titled The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Then, he ―killed‖ Sherlock Holmes. That are the book that is analized in this undergraduate thesis. Those books are chosen because those books are the first original story before Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stopped to write Sherlock Holmes stories for the first time. Even though the objects are novels and short stories there are still a relation to each other that connect the stories. He ―killed‖ Sherlock Holmes in the short story titled ―The Final Problem.‖ The reason he killed Sherlock Holmes is that he wanted to devote his time in making historical novel. The public was giving a strong reaction that time, asking Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to bring back Sherlock Holmes. After eight years, he finally wrote about Sherlock Holmes in a novel titled The Hound of Baskervilles 1901, The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1905, Valley of Fear a novel 1915, His Last Bow a short stories compilation 1917, and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes a short stories compilation 1927. The stories of Sherlock Holmes had been made into a lot of films since his first appearance in 1887. Some newest Sherlock Holmes films are Sherlock Holmes 2009 and Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows 2011 that is played by Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes and a TV series titled Sherlock Holmes is played by Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes that aired in 2010 first season, 2012 second season, and 2014 the third season. Because of that, Sherlock Holmes, fictional story made by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is awarded a world record as most portrayed literary human character in film and TV, 254 times. In brief, Sherlock Holmes is a detective consultant. He lives in a lodge house, 221B Baker Street. He shares the lodge with Dr. John Watson, who later become Holmes‘ assistant and the one who writes the story of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle writes Sherlock Holmes stories through Dr. Watson‘ point of view, though a few stories are writte n from Holmes‘ point of view and third person ‘s point of view. He got his cases from 3 kinds of sources, given by civilians that come to him asking for help, some are private detectives and second source is from government, like Scotland Yard ‘s detectives like Gregson, Anderson, and Lestrade. Even sometimes he got a case from his brother, Mycroft Holmes.

B. Approach of the Study