Stockbroker's Clerk - Discussion Post
My apologies for the lack of read-along post this past week; there were some last minute travel shenanigans on my end that just threw everything haywire.
This week, we once again have a very strange situation dealing with employment, Holmes and Watson go for a job interview, and we get the strange sensation we've seen this con before.
DISCUSS.
"Ye gods, man, what the hell is growing on your face?
1. I'll be honest, this story doesn't particularly thrill me. How did the rest of you find it?
2. Let's play a little game. How many plot devices can you count in this story that were used in previous stories?
3. Do you think we're supposed to feel sorry for the Beddington brothers at the end? Why or why not?
4. Watson makes a comment about the "Cockney" class when he first meets Mr. Pycroft. What bearing do you think his observations have on Watson (or Doyle's) sense of social class?
5. I have to ask: Holmes replies with bitterness when he's sitting with Watson early on. What do you think is the source of that bitterness? Y'know...canonical or otherwise.
This week, we once again have a very strange situation dealing with employment, Holmes and Watson go for a job interview, and we get the strange sensation we've seen this con before.
DISCUSS.
"Ye gods, man, what the hell is growing on your face?
1. I'll be honest, this story doesn't particularly thrill me. How did the rest of you find it?
2. Let's play a little game. How many plot devices can you count in this story that were used in previous stories?
3. Do you think we're supposed to feel sorry for the Beddington brothers at the end? Why or why not?
4. Watson makes a comment about the "Cockney" class when he first meets Mr. Pycroft. What bearing do you think his observations have on Watson (or Doyle's) sense of social class?
5. I have to ask: Holmes replies with bitterness when he's sitting with Watson early on. What do you think is the source of that bitterness? Y'know...canonical or otherwise.