The Adventure of the Three Students.

The Adventure of the Three Students

Arthur Conan Doyle

Theme: "The truth will find it's way out.

Text Evidence: "The unfortunate young man staggered back, and cast a look of horror and reproach at Bannister.

"No,no,Mr. Gilchrist,sir, I never said a word-never one word!" cried the servant. "No,but you have now," said Holmes"

Summary: When Mr. Gilchrist copies the examination for a prized scholarship, he thought he got away with it until Sherlock Holmes was called. Gilchrist was safe until his servant accidentally gave him away.

Characters: Hilton Soames, Bannister, Gilchrist, Daulat Ras, Miles McLaren, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Setting: Unnamed English University in 1895.

Conflict: Person v.s. person.

Figurative Language: Metaphor. 

Point of View: First Person

Text Evidence: "It was the year '95 that a combination of events, into which I need not enter, caused Mr. Sherlock Holmes and myself to spend some weeks in one of our great University towns, and it was during this time that the small but instructive adventure which I am about to relate befell us."