House Vs. Sherlock: Two Similarities Between House And Sherlock

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House and Sherlock are two parallel characters from two different shows, who have two different occupations. Sherlock is a character that solves crimes that interest him. To interest him the crimes have to be hard to solve and be a fun case. House is a character that solves medical cases. He will not take a case unless the medical cases unless the interest him. The way these characters solve their cases is what makes them parallel and unique from the other characters from the show. Although Sherlock and house both have a passion for what they do, they also have different characteristics, social behaviors, and interest in their daily lives. House and Sherlock have multiple characteristics that define the way they act. They think of themselves …show more content…

This dark sense of humor made other characters believe he was a psychopath. House will be interested on the ways people get sick and how different methods make them react. He gets excited when a person’s condition gets worse just so he can work harder on finding an interesting way fixing that person. The characteristics of both characters might be similar but their social behaviors are how other characters see them as. House and Sherlock are mainly known by their social behaviors to their characters. People see them as unique humans who can’t act right in society but, get the job done in the oddest way possible. In some cases people worry if their practices are ethical or harmful to themselves or society. What they don’t understand is that if they don’t use their skill the way they want to, they would never get the job done. People see Sherlock as a psychopath because he gets excited when people die in mysterious ways. He will only try to solve the case if the victim death was interesting and the suspect did it in a unique way. House will gets excited when a patient’s illness or injury is unique and difficult to solve. He loves it when he can do anything to the patient because the patient has no other …show more content…

One of the most noticeable difference is that they have different jobs and interest. Sherlock is considered to be a consulting detective. Basically the police come to him for help and he examines the crime scene. He does it for free just because he likes that kind of work. That is also a reason why people think he is a psychopath because they believe he cause those crimes to happen. House is considered the Head of Diagnostic Medicine. He is the head because is the best doctor that hospital has. No matter how weird his procedures are the hospital will let him be head just because he can solve the case. While solving the cases Sherlock and House will use risk but in different ways. Sherlock will risk his own life to solve the case. He will meet the suspect one on one, just like he did in season 1 episode 1, and find out personally how they did it. House on the other hand will put his patient’s lives at risk just to solve the case in the most interesting way possible. He will use what would most likely kill the patient and use it in a way to help the

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