Hat's off to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for the Sherlock Holmes short stories, haven't been able to get enough of it. But for all the hoopla and hype around Sherlock Holmes, I have been really fascinated by the other resident of 221B Baker Street, London, Dr. John Watson.
Sherlock Holmes is not only a detective par excellence and he tops it up with being a pugilist and many other eccentric attributes. So unlike Sherlock, Dr. Watson is very human like, nothing fancy about him, other than being a general practicing doctor. Nevertheless he is the glue that holds together Sherlock Holmes by being there for him. He also maintains a detailed record of all the cases that they have solved together (I wouldn't agree on that part as Dr. Watson's only contribution is to tag along with him to say the most).
The part which intrigues me most about their friendship is that Dr. Watson takes in his stride the condescending behaviour of Sherlock, and isn't even one bit affected by it. Neither does he have an inferior complex nor does he harbour any ill feelings towards Sherlock. Sherlock Holmes also needs him to express himself and bounce his theories off him, and also to show off his unique skills to the absolute astonishment of Dr. Watson.
Dr. Watson assists him in maintaining a detailed record of his cases and also in researching for the new ones. He also humours Sherlock when there are paucity of weird cases for him to take up and holds him when Sherlock drifts into cocaine induced spams. Sherlock also appreciates Dr. Watson's company when solving his cases and always acknowledges him as his partner in crime-solving.
Even though it is match of unequals as seen in many works of fiction, but their friendship looks the most credible and real like among all of them. Seems like every superhero needs a human friend to keep them in a lash. For all their invincibility!!!
Very nicely written...
ReplyDeleteI have always loved reading Sherlock Holmes...n yes one of the contribution to his success is Dr.Watson' presence in itself.
Pooja Purohit
Very interesting! I think as you are growing in your writing, I like your style more and more. Not only do I agree to what you have to say but I like the way you say it!!
ReplyDeletethe famous words elementary! my dear watson never appeared in the books at all! they have only been featured in the original movie. i m a big buff of sir arthur conan doyle and have read most of his books, the fictional ones at least.
ReplyDeletegood angle and perspective covered :)