1. The Red-Headed League Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Student Exemplar

2. Setting London, England June 1890 221B Baker Street

3. Characters
Sherlock Holmes: Protagonist and part time private investigator.
Jabez Wilson: Overweight redheaded man. Holmes’ client Pawnbroker.
 jabez wilson
 holmes/watson
Dr. Watson: Narrator and Holmes’ assistant.

4. Inspector Jones: Works for Scotland Yard and is tracking John Clay.
Mr. Merryweather: Manager of the City and Suburban Bank.
John Clay a.k.a. Vincent Spaulding: Main antagonist and assistant to Wilson. A wanted criminal.

5. Mood
Lighthearted at first Ominous Serious

6. Plot John Clay and his accomplice enter the cellar
Scotlan d Yard arrests the criminals
Jabez Wilson comes to Sherlock Holmes and reveals his problem
Holmes looks for clues and figures out the mystery
Holmes describes how he solved the mystery
Plot

7. Not everything is what it appears to be
Themes
Not everything is what it appears to be
There’s no such thing
as a free lunch

8. About the Author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Born May 22, Edinburgh, Scotland
First book: A Study in Scarlet- 1887
Married twice and had five children
Knighted in 1902