Prejudice In The Sign Of Four

In How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas Foster presents a guide to help readers further understand the novels they read. In chapter one, he claims that every trip is a quest, and every quest has five main components. Each journey consists of a “quester”, or a journeying character that lacks self-knowledge. This character has a desired destination and a stated purpose of going there. Throughout this journey, the character experiences challenges and obstacles, eventually learning something new about him or her self. Thus, we learn that a simple trip has a deeper meaning and purpose.

12 Angry Men is about 12 men who are the jury for an 18 year old accused of murder. The judge states in the opening scene that it is a premeditated murder in the 1st degree, if found guilty will automatically receive the death penalty. The 18 year old male is accused of killing his father with a “one of a kind” switch blade, in their home. The prosecutors have several eye witness testimonies, and all of the evidence that they could need to convict the 18 year old male. In the movie it takes place on the hottest day of the year in New York City. There are 12 jurors whom are to decide if the evidence is enough to convict the teen of murder in the first degree. In the first initial vote it is 11-1. The only way that the jurors could turn in

Suddenly, a low sound seems to ring through each of our ears, a moaning howl that I heard that I heard on the moor that afternoon with Stapleton. Sir Henry keeps questioning the sound and wondering what the locals say about that sound, but I try to change the subject, finally admitting that it is the howl of the Hound of the Baskervilles. As Sir Henry starts to sound very superstitious about the Hound, we spot Selden just as he seems to realize that he has been found. He took off and ran across the moor, and we chased after him we realized that he had too much of a head start. Standing on the moor, I gaze out into the distance on the moor and spot another tall figure of another man outlines against the moor. But then, a split second later, the man was gone. I am quite interested in who the tall figured man out on the moor was, and who might've been helping Selden. And why Stapleton acts so strange at times, but then covers it up and is all normal again. They are many suspects that I have thought up and a lot of mystery going on at this time Holmes, I wish you were here to investigate along with me. I will check in with you soon with much more information I

This results in father losing his temper and telling Christopher to stop trying to solve the mystery. Father states, "Look at me. You are not going to go asking Mrs. Shears about who killed that bloody dog. You are not to go trespassing in other people's gardens. You are to stop this ridiculous bloody detective game right now."

That which is willed and that which is wanted can be as different as the mind and the heart.  The Victorian age in English Literature is known for its earnest obedience to a moralistic and highly structured social code of conduct; however, in the last decade of the 19th Century this order began to be questioned.  So dramatic was the change in thought that Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (published in 1883) and Doyle's The Sign of Four (published in 1890) can be used to display this breaking away from strict social and moral standards.  Stevenson's

In the literary work Of Mice and Men, the reader is introduced to the ranch as a world of its own, within which prejudice plays a significant part. The characters in this novel act as a community in a world of their own, having no connections to any other type of society. A strong point, enforced through many examples in the book, is the constant ability of the stronger to overcome the weaker. The prejudices of the majority towards the minority, at the ranch are the white-males, who retain power over the lesser groups of people. This inequality, as well as the influence of the time period, causes discrimination against people of color, women, and those that are disabled, either mentally or physically.

Prejudice is when we have a preconceived opinion about someone or a group of people that is formed without knowledge, or even a real understanding about them.

Human equality has always been an issue in every part of the world. Prejudice, discrimination and stereotypes have been passed on from one generation to the next. The Society has accepted these behaviors to be normal and acceptable. According to the article, “Causes of Prejudice” by Vincent N. Parrillo, there are two types of prejudice; psychological and sociological. Psychological prejudice focuses on individual behavior, where as sociological is focused more on a group. Psychological Prejudice is based on an individual’s behavior and occurs when an individual thinks and acts certain ways that can positively or negatively affect someone else. I believe that both Causes of prejudice are important, however in my opinion sociological prejudice can harm not just an individual but certain race or group of people. Therefore, sociological prejudice can be very damaging because these are beliefs that have been passed down from generation to generation in a form of a discrimination, and stereotypical behavior.

People will argue these monuments are racist’s symbols, which produce hatred, and a direct negative effect on people, and that is why they should be taken down, but do they really? What about those people who feel pride and honor when seeing these statues? Do we ignore the history of our nation to appease a few loud and ignorant people? How do we decide who decides our history? Is it the ones who are the loudest? The ones who have the most money? Are we as American ok with curtailing and erasing our history? When we start to take apart our history and selectively hide or delete these images we are dangerously close to becoming a society based off of totalitarian ideals, of censoring speech and controlling knowledge. We are getting back to the

The latter half of the nineteenth century brought about the introduction of detective fiction into popular culture, the stronghold of British colonialism in India, and the characterization of one of the most celebrated detectives in literature, Sherlock Holmes. While the British East India Company occupied Indian territories far before the Crown in the seventeenth century, the extent to which brutal and divisive colonial practices took place, increased substantially after the British government annexed the Indian subcontinent. The British government officially expanded the Empire into India after the Mutiny of 1857, which was purposefully misconstrued as an open invitation for the British to unsheath the white man’s burden into action. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sign of Four is written within the context of this particular rebellion and its aftermath. The novel becomes mirror for the functions of aristocratic and Victorian society at large, and their perspective of the exoticity of the East as a commodity to be kept as a trophy, shattered whenever deemed fit, but never as anything more.

Right before his father died, he told his twin brother, Bartholomew, to give Mrs. Morstan her share of the treasure. Major Sholto was about to tell his sons about the treasure but the man with the wooden leg appeared and Major Sholto died of instant fear.

The main character in the story is Sherlock Holmes; he is the hero of the book, a very important factor in a mystery book. The Victorians would have loved this character because he was not a part of the police force; he was a character that could be relied on, when the police force was so corrupt. Holmes’s life was his job, as the reader gets further into the story; they see that Holmes works for personal satisfaction, ’my profession is its own

In John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, there are many example of prejudice. The main types of prejudice shown in this novel are racial, sexual and social prejudice.

It is adventurous story because the character shows shifting of place and defeating of unnatural enemy. Moreover, the story gives a greater lesson in every reader. It is the valuing of friendship. Also, searching of one's identity. Unconsciously, we have investigated ourselves through knowing our strengtha and weaknesses.

The sign of four is a novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was written in 1888. The plot of the novel talks about a number of topics such as murder, hidden treasure, a pact among four persons and corrupt prison guards. As a result, we can conclude that it is a detective novel. However, the novel tries to talk about India which was one of the British colonies. In this novel, there is much focus on the Indian Mutiny that happened in 1857. The sign of four is also a novel about the Victorian abroad. The strangest thing about this novel is that it was written by an author who had never been to India and was born after the events of the Indian Mutiny that happened in 1857. The author got his information and data about the Indian Mutiny