The Case of the Greek Key (Post 1)

The Case of the Greek Key is another short story which is part of The Execution of Sherlock Holmes book.

Apparently Holmes is a man of humanity. He has a will and he kept a list of correspondences in his old trunk. They were "letters or notes to the poor and the desperate for whom he had worked without fee, rather as great defenders in the criminal courts will take poor persons' defences without recompense of any kind," (97). He has a philosophy similar to Francis Bacon--that "every man is a debtor to his profession and must make some return," (97). So, Holmes isn't so heartless as I once thought. He actually does care about the people and the connections that he is associated with. And again, Holmes shows that he has many connections. he knows the First Sea Lord and architect of the new Royal Navy. So he gets to see a new battleship in action. I'd also like to add to Holmes's special abilities. The British government wants him to break the German naval code. They said that all their workers couldn't do it. Holmes sees the documents and instantly finds an answer. This reminded me of the Davinci Code. Robert Langdon seems to be a Holmes type of character. Except he is devoted to codes and scriptures. Holmes is more of know it all. It is also ironic that the British government would actually come and find Holmes to decode a message. It just shows how intelligent Holmes really is.