Analysis of "The Five Orange Pips" in Sherlock Holmes

B10332016 蘇祐生 Lead the reading

P.62 右側第二段 “The first was from Pondicherry, the second from Dundee, and the third from London.” “From East London. What do you deduce from that?” “They are all seaports. That the writer was on board of a ship.” In the case of Pondicherry, seven weeks elapsed between the threat and its fulfilment, in Dundee it was only some three or four days. Does that suggest anything?” “A greater distance to travel.”

P.64 左側第三段 We sat in silence for some minutes, Holmes more depressed and shaken than I had ever seen him. “That hurts my pride, Watson,” he said at last. “It is a petty feeling, no doubt, but it hurts my pride. It becomes a personal matter with me now, and, if God sends me health, I shall set my hand upon this gang. That he should come to me for help, and that I should send him away to his death—!” He sprang from his chair and paced about the room in uncontrollable agitation, with a flush upon his sallow cheeks and a nervous clasping and unclasping of his long thin hands

Interesting Facts B10117035柯愛詩 B10208007黃渝珊

Openshaw Unbreakable Tire P.58 The Author refers to the tires that were used before pneumatic tires (used today) were invented. Tires in the 19th century were mostly tires made of wood, metal or rubber without any air.

IS IT REAL? Nope! It’s entirely fictional. Here’s a picture of a bicycle  In the 1870s.

The Places Talked About in The Five Orange Pips... First envelope: Pondicherry Second envelope: Dundee Third envelope: London John Openshaw: Horsham

Is the KKK real? Yes. The first Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, by six former members of the Confederate army

THE KKK The Klan used public violence against blacks and their allies as intimidation. They burned houses, and attacked and killed blacks, leaving their bodies on the roads. A cartoon threatening that the KKK would lynch(hang) carpetbaggers  (Northerners who move to the South).

First KKK Historians generally classify the KKK as part of the post-Civil Warinsurgent violence related not only to the high number of veterans in the population, but also to their effort to control the dramatically changed social situation by using extrajudicial meansto restore white supremacy.

Activities Klan members adopted masks and robes that hid their identities and added to the drama of their night rides, their chosen time for attacks. By 1868, two years after the Klan's creation, its activity was beginning to decrease. Members were hiding behind Klan masks and robes as a way to avoid prosecution for freelance violence.

End of first Klan In 1870 a federal grand jury determined that the Klan was a "terrorist organization”. It issued hundreds of indictments for crimes of violence and terrorism. In 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant issued a three K party and Enforcement Act, forced to ban this political organization.

Five Words B10413066 游若

Equinoctial an equinoctial point 二分点［春分或秋分］ an equinoctial circle or line 天体赤道 an equinoctial year 分至年 P.57左下角 Patentee a person or body that obtains or holds a patent for something. 專利權人 P.58左下角 Negro Around 1442, the Portuguese first arrived in Southern Africa while trying to find a sea route to India. The term negro, literally meaning 'black', was used by the Spanish and Portuguese as a simple description to refer to the Bantu peoples that they encountered. From the 18th century to the late 1960s, "negro" (later capitalized) was considered to be the proper English-languageterm for people of black African origin. P.58右上角

Franchise an authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling them to carry out specified commercial activities. P.58右上角 Carpet-bag politician "Carpetbagger" was a pejorative term referring to the carpet bags (a form of cheap luggage at the time) which many of these newcomers carried. The term came to be associated with opportunism and exploitation by outsiders. The term is still used today to refer to a parachute candidate, an outsider who runs for public office in an area where he or she does not have deep community ties, or has lived only for a short time. 提包客 [指美国内战后重建时期到南方去投机的北方人] 外来政客 P.59右下角

Five Question B10330024 于宗平

1. Why they use "five orange pips" to symbol the message of death? • 2. What's the detail of the KKK? • 3. Why the background of the story was in English? • 4. Why they can find Openshoow family? • 5. Why the author use this event in the story?

Analysis of "The Five Orange Pips" in Sherlock Holmes