Comparing and Contrasting Detective Stories Essay

The dark-skinned Carbuncle written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in pre 1914 and bonus Only from the V I Warshawski series written by Sara Paretsky in 1987 are good examples of the evolution of detective stories. The character, setting, genre and language hasten changed completely over this large full stop of eon. But each composition was very interesting to the throng of that time so obviously something would be antithetical.The detective genre has been going for ages now since crime started and it has changed over time because of what a detective does and what crimes are committed. The Blue Carbuncle is one of the short stories for the Adventures of operative Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and as you already know is was written very languish ago however Indemnity Only was only written a few years ago and is still well know. In the old days detective stories would collect a person who would leave different clues to make a puzzle but nowadays we just fix the clues and catc h the criminal so in that respect is less question convoluted in the plot.The characters in The Blue Carbuncle are very different to the characters in Indemnity Only because in pre 1914 most people involved in a detective story were aristocrats and were very posh. But nowadays people in a detective story tend to have more than casual people. In the Blue Carbuncle the main character is Sherlock Holmes who is known for being quite posh. He is very secretive and serious almost things while the main character in Indemnity Only is V I Warshawski is very open and can be sarcastic during a case. Holmes seems to be a very wise detective but V I Warshawski seems to be just a normal gather the clues and intermit the case detective. But I think the reason for that is because nowadays there is more technology to help solve the crime than there was in pre 1914.In Indemnity Only the setting is in Chicago in United States of America so it is quite a known area. The Blue Carbuncle is set in t he countryside but does not state where. Sometimes the subscriber finds it helpful to know where the setting is. Chicago is well known for its industries and pizzas but sometimes for crime while the countryside is known for peace and beautiful prospect so a crime story is quite difficult to wee in the countryside. as well as technology was not as advance. Often crimes involve hi tech gadgets and top of the range cars while the equivalent in the olden days would have been a musket and a horse carriage. vocabulary has changed quite a lot. Nowadays there seems to be more funniness in the story than n pre 1914. In Indemnity Only V I Warshawski seems very funny and sarcastic while Sherlock Holmes would seldom put a feeble joke. But both stories build up suspense. In Indemnity Only it build up suspense by repetition and short sentences while in The Blue Carbuncle it builds up suspense by Sherlock Holmes interviewing each suspect and each of them giving him something interesting.Also in Indemnity Only it uses sensational language. This is language that appeals to the five senses.In my conclusion it is obvious that there has been a lot of change during numerous years to detective stories and these mainly because of the evolution of Earth over that period of time. But some detective stories now are like the ones in pre 1914 because the author is old or was brought up during the olden days.