Ruminating, cogitating...and responding.

Well, this is basically in response to Gen's last few comments. Holmes is the archetypical detective of whom we see several renditions in detective stories throughout the ages. The cool and collected sleuth we see in literature, who never jumps to conclusions and meticulously picks each part of the mystery apart, is always a reincarnation of our dear Holmes. I actually have been searching for these traits in the book that i have started reading and i will elucidate further when the time is ripe. And finally, Holmes' method is very productive. Holmes always gets his man (or woman, or animal...depending on whodunit). Even in the story where Holmes is thought to have died at the hands of his arch-enemy, the equally witty and intelligent Moriarty, he still returns under the guise of an old woman to startle Watson and to stay undercover till he foiled Moriarty's crime syndicate. Holmes was actually intended to die in this story, but due to public demand (public upheaval, more like), Doyle (the author, remember) had to resurrect old Sherlock to keep the reading public happy. (Much like what would have happened if Rowling had decided, say, to kill Harry in "Prisoner of Azkaban" and stopped the story there).