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The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a novel written by a British novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. His Sherlock Holmes novels were first released in Strand Magazine in 1901-1902 as a serial. Later they were released as books and The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the most popular ones. There are many novels that Doyle has wrote about Sherlock Holmes’ journeys.

The novel is a crime novel/detective story. It fits in to the theme for being so exciting and addictive. All the Sherlock Holmes novels are quite similar I guess! And all other detective stories might be similar too.

A main character is Sherlock Holmes who plays the biggest role in other Sherlock Holmes novels too. He is a London-based consulting detective, whose logical reasoning is very famous and so is his skills to solve difficult cases. Also Doctor Watson, a good friend and companion of Holmes, is adventuring in the novel.

The Hound of the Baskervilles tells about Sir Charles Baskerville who were found dead in the grounds of his Devon home. Other people thinks that something weird is happening and they decide to call to detective Sherlock Holmes . Together they are trying to solve the dead, is it a murder or just a normal dead. They are starting to doubt if the Hound of the Baskervilles has showed up again.

The novel was really difficult to read sometimes because the language was challenging.  One of the characters, Dr John Watson, is telling the story.

This book was quite a bad reading experience. It might be because this was the first novel that I read on English. It might get easier when reads more on different language. It was hard to read the story and at the same time try to research unknown words. I didn’t liked the story either. It was too complicated and not really my type.

 

 

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Cry-Baby

Cry-Baby is release 1990 in America. It is a romantic comedy musical film directed and written by John Waters. Leading actors are Johnny Depp  (Cry-Baby Walker), Amy Locane (Allison Wernon-Williams), Polly Bergen, Susan Tyrrell, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake and Traci Lords.

The film is a story about love between two person who come from totally different world. Cry-Baby Walker is a member of ”drapes” a group which is collected of bad girls and boys. They often brake the law and usually other people are scared of them. Cry-Baby falls in love with Allison, a girl whose grandmother is very important person in the town. Allison is a square. The squares are very decent and responsible group. So the film is telling a story of  Cry-Baby and Allison and their love and problems when two cultures smash into each others. When Cry-Baby end up into prison, their love is on a test. Finally love wins and the cultures intertwine. All the scenes happens in 1950’s Baltimore Maryland.

When I saw the film for the first time, it became my favorite film instantly. Even though the story was very normal love story, the implementation was perfect! Characters were good and believable and all the songs transports the listener.

I think that I can’t identify with any character because they live in so different world that I live. Characters were very plausible and perfect for their roles. I’m sure that Johnny Depp brakes many hearts by acting Cry-Baby. My favourite part was when the other main character, Allison, is singing to the Cry-Baby in front of the jail. The film was filmed for musical and romantic lovers and for people who likes the old rock ’n’ roll atmosphere and style. Movie was easy and nice to follow and it felt like time was flying. I have not done anything differently.

 

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