Holmes VS Poirot

I have been obsessed with my grandma recently...

In fact, if you look closely at the two detectives Poirot and Holmes, they have completely different styles and temperaments, but they happen to match the characteristics of the two most popular types of men. A cold-blooded brother and a caring and warm man. Therefore, there are too many differences between the two in terms of handling methods and personalities.

Holmes pays great attention to the observation of details. In many cases, he can quickly and accurately judge the background of a character just by looking at his appearance. He has a high IQ, is cold and rational, and looks for clues through scientific methods such as footprints and dust. He is younger, pursues excitement, does not know how to "enjoy life" when there is no case, and feels bored. Although he has a job, he still needs morphine to refresh his mind. The more difficult the case, the more interested he is and the more he wants to solve it. Sherlock Holmes also failed sometimes, and Conan Doyle paid great attention to this. From time to time, he wrote some examples of Sherlock Holmes' failures, emphasizing that "no one can make mistakes without being a sage." His character is very complex, he is cold and ruthless, but there is also a hint of warmth. Some people investigated and said that his extreme rejection of women was caused by the unpleasant experience he had with his mother when he was young. In appearance, Sherlock Holmes is informal and masculine. He brings a gust of wind when he walks. Moreover, he is very handsome (either handsome or ugly), with a tall and thin figure, a pair of bright eyes like an eagle, and he is very handsome. With fighting skills, his crutch (cane) has always been a good weapon for him, and he has made achievements in fencing, martial arts and judo, and his combat effectiveness is 100%. Violin and disguise skills have also become indispensable skills in his life.

In contrast, Poirot, a short and fat man, belongs to the category of "psychiatrist" and focuses on observing the psychological motivations of the character's background. This seems to be much worse than Holmes's skills, but he is good at using softness to overcome toughness. He uses perfect psychological tactics to defeat the suspect and reveal the truth, so as to find a breakthrough and catch the murderer through his own reasoning. He is completely different from Holmes's "scientific rationalist". Poirot is a devout Christian, and his main reason for solving the case is just inner justice. In addition to solving crimes, he also knows how to enjoy life. In "Roger's Mystery", he originally planned to retire anonymously and grow zucchini, but he always "accidentally" dropped zucchini from upstairs into his neighbor's house. He said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'll just give you the zucchini!" Judging from the appearance, although Poirot's congenital attributes are not very good, the Belgian dwarf, with his funny figure and even more funny steps, looks like a fat penguin. , but this does not prevent him from paying attention to his own hygiene and appearance, and always nagging others (Virgo?), you are not good here, you are not good there. And he has very serious obsessive-compulsive disorder. For example, when eating eggs in the morning, he must have two eggs of the same size. In addition, Poirot's emotional quotient is higher than his IQ. As long as an angry person says a few words, the person will immediately recover, and he has successfully brokered several couples in several cases. His big problem is that his combat effectiveness is basically zero. Once he encounters danger, he has no choice but to gain weight (he refuses to exercise, preferring to reserve all his energy for his little gray brain cells.) He has no choice but to run away in panic with the classic uncle "penguin step" .

Some people say that the two detectives have such different personalities just because they are different between men and women. Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is full of righteousness, while Agatha’s Poirot is like a market lady or a bureau committee uncle. Beneath the funny appearance is a caring and sensitive heart.

I personally think this has a lot to do with the birth and growth environment of the two talented authors. Conan Doyle came from a good family and went to a very good university - the University of Edinburgh. After graduation, he became a With such a respected job as a doctor, the protagonist of his story, Sherlock Holmes, would be a bit like Conan Doyle, upright, upright, and not without a little pride. Agatha has never received formal education since she was a child. She has only loved reading since she was a child, especially detective novels. Therefore, in her eyes, a good detective should not have such a dazzling light, and will only be an ordinary, ordinary detective. Down to earth even short and funny guy.

The characters are different, and the writing techniques are also completely different.

It is said to be about detective work, but in fact it is about a diary of his self-transformation and self-growth at a deeper level. In fact, Holmes is a very interesting person. You can learn more about him when you have time.

As we all know, many of Grandma’s works are about human nature. In fact, I cried while watching "Curtain" (Why am I so guilty when I cry?) The murderer in "Curtain" is very strange. Even if he confesses everything he has done, he will not face any legal consequences. Punishment, because he didn't kill anyone at all, he just encouraged others to commit the crime. As long as he is a smart lawyer, he can easily be acquitted by the court. The murderer Norton has a very strange character, and can even be said to have superpowers. He is usually taciturn, but once he speaks, he will tell the truth, poke the pain of others, and make others have murderous intentions (Poirot's assistant Hastings He almost killed someone, but was given sleeping pills by Poirot). Poirot chose the answer he always chose between living and believing in human nature, faced death calmly, and became a murderer (in order not to Let the tragedy continue to happen, he killed the murderer, and he committed suicide and confessed all this in order to prevent innocent people from being wronged. In his final confession letter, he said: I don't have to commit murder at all, I can just be like a stupid old man. With my credibility, no one will think that I am lying. And with the little gray brain cells of Papa Poirot, I can get away with it smoothly. After a busy life, I can retire again and find a manor to grow zucchini. But he felt that even he could only leave it to God to judge and die for humanity. He was old and too tired. He always joked to himself, "I might as well stop moving the little gray cells in my brain one day." ..." His feeling that he was too tired was finally written down in his final letter. He had also transformed, but it was just that he was too tired. In fact, death may be the best relief for Poirot, don't I am always busy, and I no longer have to rack my brains for humanity, and I no longer have to suffer from illness in my later years.

In fact, Sherlock Holmes also died, in the famous "The Last Case". Conan Doyle once said more than once: "I really want Sherlock Holmes to die. He has consumed a lot of my time and energy!" On the day the book about Sherlock Holmes' death was published, thousands of London citizens marched on the streets carrying coffins. Protests against Conan Doyle's killing of Sherlock Holmes. Women hugged and cried in the streets of London, while London's financial circles looked sad and wore black ribbons on their hats to express their condolences. Protest telegrams and letters flew to London like snowflakes, demanding that "Holmes cannot die", so Sherlock Holmes came to life again! Until Conan Doyle couldn't write anymore. ! If I could travel through time, I would definitely go to my grandma’s house to protest on the day “Curtain” was published, holding a sign saying “Poirot Can’t Die”!

By—Nikki Wu

Easter egg (from Baidu):

Senior editor and writer Ronald A. Knox

He established it in 1928. 1 The criminal must be mentioned in the early part of the story, but the criminal must be mentioned in the early part of the story. The criminal must not be anyone whose thoughts the reader has been allowed to follow.

The criminal must be someone who appears at the beginning of the story, but must not be anyone whose thoughts the reader has been allowed to follow.

2 All supernatural or preternatural agencies are ruled out as a matter of course.

Detectives cannot use supernatural or weird detective methods

3 Not more than one secret room or passage is allowable.

No hitherto undiscovered poisons may be used, nor any appliance which will need a long scientific explanation at the end.

When committing a crime, you cannot use poisons that have not yet been invented, or devices that require profound scientific explanation

5 No Chinaman must figure in the story.

No Chinese people are allowed to appear in the story (Note 1)

6 No accident must ever help the detective, nor must he ever have an unaccountable intuition which proves to be right.

The detective must not use chance or irresponsible intuition to solve the case

7 The detective must not himself commit the crime.

The detective must not become a criminal

8 The detective must not light on any clues which are not instantly produced for the inspection of the reader.

The detective must not light on any clues which are not instantly produced for the inspection of the reader.

The detective must not light on any clues which are not instantly produced for the inspection of the reader.

9 The stupid friend of the detective, the Watson, must not conceal any thoughts which pass through his mind; his intelligence must be slightly, but very slightly, below that of the average reader.

The stupid friend of the detective A friend, like Watson, must tell the reader without reservation that the person's intelligence is slightly below the average of the reader.

10 Twin brothers, and doubles generally, must not appear unless we have been duly prepared for them.

If there are twins or people who look very similar in the novel, we must tell them in advance Reader

*Note 1 Let me just say that the fifth of Knox’s Ten Commandments does not discriminate or demonize. In fact, the fifth and second commandments of Knox's Ten Commandments are not the same and are not intended to rule out the supernatural. Nor does Knox think Asians have any strange abilities. The fifth commandment of Knox's Ten Commandments means: "No martial arts masters are allowed to appear in the story."

The fifth commandment is to avoid the following situation:

Suppose a victim dies with his head smashed, but the murder weapon is never found.

There is a lot of foreshadowing, but in the end, you are told that the murderer is actually a practitioner who smashed people's heads with his bare hands. Or, the victim's heart suddenly stopped without any other trauma, but in the end he told you that he was punched in the center of his body at close range. Neither situation is surreal. People who have practiced it can indeed smash coconut shells with bare hands (the strength of a human head and coconut shells are similar), and the inch punch (also known as the death punch) can indeed stop the heart instantly. Fight to death. However, this reality itself is as cheating on the reader as the secret passage, because the reader does not consider the possibility that the author cannot know without telling it.