Most first-time readers of the Sherlock Holmes series would think of Holmes as an extremely intelligent person, but Holme’s mostly contributing personality to his success would be his wonderful sense of association. He can associate details with other small details to form large pictures of what was happening at the time, and he also used his helpers like Dr. Watson extremely well. The main traits of Holmes would probably be his extreme logitiveness and sense of association, his good use of the people around him and a good sense of safety.
To begin with, Holmes is an extremely logical person and always tries to perceive the world around him as something explained and scientific rather than supernatural. In the beginning of the book The Hound of the Baskervilles, he never accepted the fact that the hound was supernatural even though the person who informed him believed solemnly that such a thing couldn’t have existed. That led to him thinking about how a hound could look so scary, which did contribute to him finding a person behind the scenes for the crime. He figured out that someone must have painted the dog a scary color in order for it to scare off so many people, and that the person must not be too far from the moor and was a resident of it, since he had committed many murders related to the hound. On top of that, he could work out the complex relationships in the story and recognize that Mrs. Stapleton was actually Mr. Stapleton’s wife instead of his sister, and that Mr. Stapleton was plotting something about her. The logitiveness of Sherlock Holmes contributed a lot to his success as a detective.
In addition, Holmes uses his assistants very well. He analyzes Dr. Watson’s reports extremely specifically, so he broke apart the mystery a long time before Dr. Watson did, and he used these notes to find evidence that his claims were true. Even though the two had the same amount of knowledge and notes, Holmes was able to crack the case extremely fast with his helper, symbolizing Dr. Watson’s great help to him. The two form an extremely productive team, with Watson being the extremely detailed note-recorder and Holmes being the acute note-analyzer. This team has helped crack many mysteries, and Holmes would have been the contributing person, as he could use Dr. Watson extremely well in his biddings. The second key trait of Holmes is his good usage of people.
Finally, he also has a good sense of safety. He knew when to retreat to London and when not to venture on the moor. For him, cracking the case was important, but staying safe was even more important in these times. He knew he had made a grave mistake at leaving Sir Henry with Mr. Stapleton when he knew that Mr. Stapleton would try to murder Sir Henry, and he also blamed himself for being too daring on the moor and almost killing himself and Dr. Watson. The final descriptive trait of Dr. Watson is his good sense of safety.
In conclusion, the main traits of Holmes are his extreme logitiveness, his good use of his assistants, and his good sense of safety. These traits contributed extremely to his success as a detective, and probably even more than the commonly known trait that Holmes was extremely intelligent. He could figure out the crime a long time before Dr. Watson, and he could also determine whether a situation was safe or not. Only these traits, ones that would aid him extremely in any situation, transformed this drunkard and drug addict into one of the most famous detectives that the world has seen, which just goes to show how important they are.
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