Reading in discussing one, read the text and match each paragraph one to seven with its main idea. the mystery of mysteries. While mysteries are quite popular nowadays, authors have only been writing them for less than two hundred years. In many ways. The mystery story made its debut with the murders in the roof morg by egg Allan pain in nineteen forty one. This story introduces all the familiar fixtures of the mysteries we have all come to love. A brilliant detective who looks for clues to solve some murders, a friend who accompanies the detective and tells the story, and a final resolution, whether detective explains who did IT, while this all seems old, had to us today, post story, caused quite a sensation when IT was published. Keep in mind that in those days, urban police forces, like what we have today, were just being developed, and the world detective had not even been invented yet. IT seems that poe not only helps create a new literary shanna, but a new way of looking at a solving crime. In the eighteen eighties and eighteen nineties afternoon, doyle refined post ideas in his sherlock home stories, and by the time act of the Christie became popular in the nineteen twenties, mystery writers were already starting to agree on two three records for mystery stories that most mystery writers are here to. Even to this day, the readers should always be given all the clues they need to solve the mystery, a rule poo violates. And there should be an abundance of red herrings, false clues, to distract the readers and out to the difficulty. The puzzle. A last rule is that the mystery should usually involve a murder, because a more trivial crime would not be able to generate as much tension. So this is the who, when and what of mysteries. But we still have not answered the why. Why do people have such an affection for mr, especially when they are so often limited by such rigid rules? One reason might be that they introduce readers to a world that they do not usually have access to. For example, I got the Christie stories often involved the upper crust as they tour distant in exotic places. Through the stories, the readers get a glimpse into the glamorous lives of the rich and discovered that they have problems just like everyone else. Afternoon doyle, on the other hand, explores the dark depths of london, a place which is far gn to honest citizens. Most modern mysteries follow doyles pattern. However, there are twists. For instance, the detective Wanda books have been popular in english speaking countries, in part because they take place in a foreign country, sweden. Perhaps another recent mysteries are so popular is because of the depictions of their main character, the s. detective. In addition to their analytical minds, these detectives are nearly always somewhat unusual, with odd habits on their own signature style. While in real life you would probably not want to be friends with such people in a book, they make great companions, and you are always turning the page to read what they will do next. Of course, as integral parts of the stories, these great detectives often have companions of their own justice. Homes has his Watson, p. Oro has his hastings. While usually these friends are fought of Milly as literary devices to give the detective an opportunity to explain his thoughts, they are much more than that as opposite to the detectives. They provide character traits that the detectives lack. In a real sense, homes needs Watson to provide baLance to his personality. Their whitty conversations also make the stories more fun to read. But these cannot be the main reasons mysterierse are so beloved IT can they? After all, there are many non mystery stories which have exotic settings and unusual characters, and which have failed to capture the public ics attention. That is the thing. Mysteries are popular because they are mysteries. Nearly everyone relishes a good pussy. There is something fascinating about a story where all the clues are given to you, and you are given a chance to match your wits against the famous detective to solve of a murder. One would think that the most compelling mysteries are those where most readers consult the case and prove that they are just as intelligent as the detective. However, the opposite is usually true. People want to read a mystery that they cannot solve, even though they have all the clues. The more elaborate the crime, the more interesting the story. Then when the solution is revealed, we find ourselves both surprised and delighted. The clues were all there. Why didn't I see IT? Of course, the best mysteries are those that combine all three elements, an exotic world, an unusual detective and a mystery beyond our own ability to solve. Such a book will keep most people reading until deep into the night, and then when they turn out the light and rolled over in bed while pondering the mystery, just as they fall asleep, they hear a dog bug in the distance, all the closing of a door. And they wonder, are these yet more clues, or are they just read her?