Revised Thesis:

According to the scholars, the notable structural differences that distinguish Doyles
Sherlock stories from other genres are that the point of view is from someone within the story
(i.e. Watson) and this gives for a different perspective in the story and that it is structured in a
way that is the same for all the Sherlock stories.

Revised Paragraph:
Having Watson as the narrator allows the reader to think critically (because the average
person and Watson do not possess the intuitive skills Holmes does) and to connect the pieces of
a puzzle before the answer to the case is revealed. According to English scholar and crime
writer T.J. Binyon, There are only three stories which are not narrated by Watson universally
considered the weakest (10). Without Watson narrating, the Sherlock stories seem to be less
successful. Moreover, in an excerpt titled Doyle in Leroy Paneks An Introduction to the
Detective Story, Panek also speculates that the function of having the narrator as the detectives
assistant, which is Watson, allows the writer to use the narrator's ignorance to hide important
facts and through him can praise the detective and keep him civilly reticent at the same time
(80). Both scholars note that having Watson as the narrator allows the detective genre to gain
peoples interests because the story focuses more on the case that the detective solves, rather than
the detective himself (either about the detective himself, or his personal life). Having Watson
seen as the inexperienced partner also places emphasis on Holmess intellect, which may be one
reason why the Holmes stories are so successful. However, Watson being this inexperienced
partner is not quite a negative aspect to the detective genres. Watson narrates the story by
extracting evidence and piecing it together to form a plausible link to solve the mystery. If

Holmes narrated the story, there would not be much of a case or story to read about, or Sherlock
would recount the events that occurred from his point of view. This relates back to Binyon
stating that the detective stories seem to be less successful when Holmes narrates them.
Furthermore, having Watson as the narrator allows both the reader and Watson to deduce
conclusions and to put the pieces of the case together, without the immediate help of Sherlock.