1950’s Detective Pastiche - Original Writing Death of the Rich It was 5:30 on a cold, wet wintry afternoon. I was sitting in my office smoking a cigar. I was very comfortable in my blue suit. It had just been cleaned. The shirt was pure white and my tie dark blue. I felt clean and sober. For the first time in a very long time. I was just about to leave when a tall milky skinned dame walked in. Blond hair, great figure, lips like cherries and blue eyes. She sat down, smoothed her red skirt and watched me curiously, like a cat watching her prey. While twiddling her golden locks she said, “Did you hear about the Rothwell case?” “Yes, what is it to you?” I said suspiciously. “I have information. Could interest you.” She spoke calmly as she hitched up her skirt. “I wouldn’t be sure of that,” I sneered “It’s about who killed him,” she said so coolly it was as if ice struck my lungs. How did she know? “How do you know about this case?” I snapped grabbing her arm. Using my tie she slowly pulled my face closer to hers, “I have my contacts,” she smirked. Throwing my tie back playfully at me she reached into her black embroidered purse and took out a small blue bottle of cologne. She sprayed it on, smiled and said sexily, “You like it?” “Not my kinda thing,” I answered quickly. “How much do you know about this case?” I snapped. Back to the important stuff. “Enough to put your worries at an end,” she said as she stood up. Her eyes looked as though they were purring at me as she whipped her eyelashes, paced around my wooden desk and began to massage my shoulders, “In more ways than one,” she whispered in my ear. “You haven’t told me your name.” I stood up as I watched her swing around and sit on the desk. She took a cigarette out of her black bag,
The process of mitosis can take place in either a haploid (23 chromosomes) or a diploid (46 chromosomes) cell. Before a cell can be ready for a mitotic division it must primarily undergo its interphase stage. Following the interphase stage several other stages come into play. These stages are prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. During each specific stage certain sequences of events take place that assist to the completion of the division.
She tells him that the deed is done, and there is no need to think
In the Prophase, chromosome as double threads joined at centromere and then shorten and thicken. Then nucleolus and nuclear membrane disappears. Fibrils of astral rays extend across forming mitotic spindle. After that centriole divides into two.
Mitosis is the type of cell division that produces somatic cells. This means that all body cells, such as skin cells, muscle cells, hair cells, etc are produced through mitosis. These cells are all diploid
In prophase the nuclear envelope breaks down and the nucleolus disintegrates, then the centrosome which is known as the microtubule organising centre, copies itself and these move to opposite poles of the cell and these help to form the mitotic spindle. The chromosomes supercoil and are seen as two identical sister chromatids held together by their centromeres (GENIE, 2010). The next stage prometaphase involves the chromosomes lining up in the middle of the cell on the metaphase plate, the mitotic spindle fibres then bind to the kinetochores of the chromosomes. These are associated with the centromeres on the chromatids (GENIE, 2010). The kinetochore is the centre of the chromosome. The third stage metaphase involves the chromosomes aligning themselves on the metaphase plate ready to enter anaphase. Then anaphase is where the centromeres divide and each sister chromatid is moved to opposite poles of the cell. The spindle fibres are involved in this. They are now referred to as daughter chromosomes. Telophase is the last stage and it’s where the chromosomes relax and nuclear envelopes form around each one, then the spindle fibres break down and the cell divides by cytokinesis. Before cytokinesis though, there is karyokinesis which involves the separation of the genetic material (GENIE, 2010). Cytokinesis is where the cytoplasm divides in two involving a contractile ring
“I wanted to see if you actually cared about me. That you would be honest.”
The birth of classic detective fiction was originated just in the mid nineteenth century, and was producing its own genre. Classical detective fiction follows a set of rules called the ‘Ten commandments of detective fiction’. The genre is so popular it can bee seen by the number of sales in any good book stores. Many of these books have been created a long time ago and there is still a demand for these types of books. The popularity is still ongoing because it provides constant entertainment, and also the reader can also have a role of detective trying to solve the crime/case committed. Classical detective fiction has a formula, the detective story starts with a seemingly irresolvable mystery, typically a murder, features the astute, often unconventional detective, a wrongly accused suspect to whom the circumstantial evidence points, and concludes with a startling or unexpected solution to the mystery, during which the detective explains how he or she solved the mystery. Formula that includes certain elements such as, a closed location to keep the number of suspects down, red hearings spread around the stories to keep the reader entertained yet interacted.
Jock Young’s book “The Criminological Imagination” very clearly spells out the author’s feeling that orthodox criminology has lost its way and has been swallowed up into obscurification through bogus, post-modern positivism. Young postulates, the cost of this phenomena is the loss of critical thinking and objectivity in the field of criminology. Young contends criminology can be rescued from obscurity if returning to its orthodox beginnings by reducing the impact of neo-liberalism with critical imagination, and not simply succumbing to empirical data to try to explain everything. Young contends, doing so seems to simply cloud the view, thus giving rise to a host of incomplete and overly politicized theories.
“The ABC Murders” is about a detective by the name of Poirot who has to find clues on a killer who is killing people whose names are in alphabetical order. It started off with Alice Ascher from Andover. Then it went to Betty Barnard from Bexhill and then to Sir Carmichael Clarke from Churston. Each time the murderer committed a crime he would leave an ABC Train Map by the victim. The murderer was an experienced criminal who left no trace of his identity. He goes by the name of ABC. Before each murder ABC would send Poirot a letter saying the date and town the murder would happen. The relatives of the victims came together with Poirot to help try and get ahead of the criminal. In the ending Poirot reveals that the brother of Sir Carmichael Clarke, Franklin Clarke committed the crimes to draw away attention from him wanting to inherit his brothers treasures. He had to kill him so he couldn’t marry Thora Grey and not get the money. Franklin Clarke tried to frame the murders on Mr. Cust who is a travelling salesman.
"Where's the cigarettes?" she asked. We all sat there, looking dumbfounded, and wishing it were only cigarettes because the consequences for that were less severe. She stood at the door for a few minutes, staring at us with a look of complete disappointment on her face, before walking out the door, shutting it behind her.
Now I will start with the stages of meiosis. The first stage of meiosis is interphase. Just interphase alone is broken up into 3 different stages, G1 phase, S phase, and G2 phase. In G1 phase the cells grow to get ready for the cell division. In S phase the DNA gets synthesized which
Meiosis is specialized cellular division of sex cells. This type of cellular division occurs in single and multi-cellular organisms that undergo sexual reproduction. This process is split into two cycles: Meiosis I and Meiosis II. Prior to the start of meiosis, interphase occurs. Although interphase is not a stage of meiosis it is a vital preparatory step. It allows cellular growth, DNA replication and prepares for cellular division. Each cycle of meiosis is broken down into four stages for a total of eight stages. Meiosis I is composed of prophase I, metaphase I, anaphase I, and telophase I. Meiosis II is a repeat of each phase of meiosis I. Once meiosis is complete, the result will be four haploid daughter cells meaning that each daughter
Now, let us look at “The Speckled Band” there is no doubt that it is a
The most important part of any type of book or story is that it be interesting. This proves to be particularly important in detective fiction as well. What could be more interesting than having a crime committed in front of you, given all (or most) of the details and still not be able to figure it out? This is exactly how detective fiction authors draw people into these stories and books. By weaving an intricate and interesting plot full of fascinating characters, and all types of details about the crime, readers get drawn into the plot and cannot stop reading until they find out the solution to the mystery. Simply put, readers are drawn to detective fiction because it is so easy to become completely engrossed in the stories. The trick of the author is how to create such an environment to keep readers coming back again and again to the genre.
One of the most popular literary forms is the detective genre. The most remarkable detective author of all time is the late nineteenth century writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. His most prominent works are the famous Sherlock Holmes stories. These novels and short stories set the standard for the genre. Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories can be considered a model for detective fiction because each is centered on a mystery, Sherlock is a brilliant detective, and clues are a prerequisite for success.