... a game. He in fact says that his foray into the investigation will, "afford us amusement."" (53) Even the narrator notes that this is a strange vernacular but does nothing else about it, most likely concluding that by using that diction, the investigation must be a trivial matter for a detective of Dupin's caliber. The initial way the reader learns what to consider the ideal hero is when Dupin himself begins to expound ... observe everything. Dupin goes onto say that the truth is not always where you expect it to be. While the police expect the truth to be found rationally, "Truth is not ...

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• Grade Level: High School