The Count of
The main character would have to be Edmond Dantes or The Count of Monte Cristo. Edmond Dantes is surprisingly quite successful for such a young age, he is an outstanding ship captain, a good friend to all his friends, and not to mention he is about to marry a beautiful women named Mercedes. One characteristic that Dantes never loses is his kindness to people and his charm even after he spends a lifetime in prison.
When he becomes the Count of Monte Cristo, he becomes more mysterious because he does not anyone to know who he really is. Of course he does continue to be very kind and charming.
The way Alexandre Dumas wrote Edmond Dantes makes the reader like him and respect him. Yet he keeps him mysterious.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Betrayal. That’s the only word that can describe the conflict Edmond Dantes faces. He is betrayed by two of his most good friends.
Fernand Monde go betrayed him for the love of Mercedes, and Danglers who betrayed him for the possession for captain of his ship. Fernand and Danglers framed Dantes by placing evidence proving he was a spy for Emperor Napoleon. He was tossed in the most secure jail ever which was on and island. The name of the jail was Chateau d’If.
There he befriends a priest named A bee Faria who is a bit crazy. Dantes learns much from Faria including of riches beyond his imagination hidden away on the island of Monte Cristo.
When Faria dies he asks Dantes to inherit his riches on Monte Cristo. Dantes then makes daring escape and after months of working on a small fishing boat Dantes finally go’s to Monte Cristo and inherits his riches.
Only one thing is Dantes mind now… Vengeance! ! He begins to befriend all of Danglers and Fernand friends and family especially Fernand son Albert. He befriends his enemies to deceive them in the end.
The Count of Monte Cristo
“Tell the angel who is going to watch over you, Morel, to pray for a man who, like Satan, believed for one moment he was the equal of God, but who now acknowledges in all Christian humility that God alone is supreme power and infinite wisdom. Her prayers will perhaps soothe the remorse in the depths of his heart.” (Edmond Dantes pg 508)
I believe that Edmond Dantes in this quote took his power for granted and let his desire of his vengeance, get in the way of his better judgment. Still he manages to come to his senses and he asks his friend for forgiveness in his letter.
The Count of Monte Cristo
I enjoyed reading the book a lot. Alexandre Dumas’s writing get me interested the whole time I was reading it. His writing never got slow because every little detail was important.
I really liked how he had the Count gain the trust of his enemies and becomes friends with them. He kept me interested no matter how slow the book got. It was a very exciting book.
I recommend the book to anyone who wants to read a good book full of action and adventure. I am surly positive you will enjoy this book if you ” re a fan of such books like The Three Musketeers and Zorro. The only thing I do warn is that the book has a strong option on friendship.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The most important characters of the Hound of the Baskervilles, were Sherlock Holmes and Mr. Watson. Sherlock Holmes is a smart, arrogant famous British detective. He is famous for solving difficult crimes and mysteries.
Mr. Watson is his faithful assistant who is just as smart and helps Holmes with the solving of the crimes and mysteries.
No matter how hard he tries though Holmes never seems to give him any credit.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The major conflict is that Charles Baskerville mysteriously dies one night and said to be killed by legendary hound who has cursed the Baskervilles for years. Since Charles Baskervilles death there is only one heir to the Baskerville Estate is Sir Henry Baskerville. Dr. Mortimer goes to England and seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes to solve the death of Charles Baskerville and help protect Henry. Holmes sends Mr.
Watson to protect Henry and try to solve the mystery while Holmes stays allegedly stays in England to solve another mystery.
Watson goes to the Baskerville estates with Henry to try to solve the mystery. Watson tries all he can to solve the mystery to prove to Holmes he is a worthy detective. Watson is more concerned with Holmes’s approval then with solving the mystery. Watson keeps getting deeper and deeper into the mystery and getting closer to the truth. One night out in the moore of the Baskerville estates he sees a mysterious figure in the shadows and it suddenly disappears.
All while Watson is trying to solve the mystery he keeps checking in with Holmes.
In the end Mr. Stapleton was after the Baskerville fortune so he had his wife pass as Henry’s long lost sister. He had planed to invite Henry to dinner so he can release his hound on him.
But his wife ended up falling in love with Henry and she told her husband she was going to tell Henry everything and leave her husband. Mr. Stapelton put a stop to that by timing her up. Mean while Watson was walking and he knew that someone was hiding in the cave just beyond the moore.
So he hid behind a bush to see who was hiding. Suddenly Holmes appeared and told Watson he knew he would find him. As they were speaking they heard a howling and a man screaming in the moore. As it turns out Henry went out to the moore to find Mrs.
Stapelton and Mr. Stapleton let his hound out but instead of killing Henry it killed an escaped criminal hiding in the moore.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
“Interesting though elementary” (Holmes pg 138)
This quote is very important in this book and everyday life. It means that just because something is simple it doesn’t mean it’s not interesting, important, or needed.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
I think this report is not as good as my others because I did not enjoy this book at all. It was longest book it took me to read in my whole life.
I did not like to how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote it and I especially did not like the main character Sherlock Holmes. I never knew a man who was concerned about he being right then the feelings of other people. Not to mention he was very arrogant. I liked Watson but the only fault he has that he should not have to prove anything to a man like Sherlock Holmes.
I do not recommend this book to anyone who expects a lot from the main character. I do however recommend this book to anybody who likes a good mystery.
The Count of Monte Cristo
(Vocabulary)
Materialize: to become real or become fact
Fruitless: producing nothing or nothing worthwhile
Clamps: holding device
Treatise: a formal written work that deals with a subject systematically and usually extensively
Keenly: a lamentation for a dead person
Facets: an aspect of something
Precursors: somebody or something that comes earlier
Patron: somebody who gives money or other support to somebody or something, especially in the arts
Epicure: somebody who has developed a refined taste for food
Perspiration: fluid excreted by sweat glands
Impressionable: open and easy to mold
Clad: wearing particular clothes
Resplendent: having a dazzlingly impressive appearance
Confidences: belief in own abilities
Reciprocity: something done mutually or in return
Repugnant: offensive and completely unacceptable
Eloquently: speaking or spoken beautifully and forcefully
Contrary: not at all in agreement with something
Extraordinary: very unusual
Fanciful: imaginative and impractical
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(Vocabulary)
Bulbous: rounded and swollen-looking
Infrequent: not happening often
Probability: state of being probable
Practitioner: somebody who practices a profession
Ferrule: protective cap on shaft
Luminous: emitting or reflecting light
Stimulating: to encourage something
Convex: outwardly curving
Settee: comfortable seat for two people
Inferences: a conclusion drawn from evidence or reasoning
Pathology: processes of a particular disease
Unambitious: having no strong desire for success
Dexterity: physical skill
Darting: swift and sudden
Monograph: scholarly piece of writing
Grievously: extremely serious or significant
Profane: showing disrespect for God, any deity, or religion
Uncannily: strange or unlikely to seem merely natural or human
Abreast: side by side and facing the front
Betwixt: between two groups or categories.