Arthur Conan Doyle relies heavily on this case of George Edalji to bring him out of the slump that he has been in after his wife’s death. Even to the extent that he does not listen to anything else that anyone has to say. As he is interviewing individuals, even as they seem to disagree with what he says or say something to go against his objective, he only hears what he wants/needs or justifies himself. While he might entirely be right, through some of the interviews and investigative activities that he has conducted, he is not helping his own case. Especially when he talked with Captain Anson, who was almost successful in convincing him that he might be misguided on his journey to prove George innocent. There were a few incidents where Arthur would be alone with his own thoughts and he start to reconsider his choices before settling on justification.

A huge point that Arthur focuses on is the prejudice and obvious focus that the police had on pinpointing George as the criminal. But in doing so, he intently focusing in on one individual, Royden Sharp, and then did exactly the thing that he claimed the police did. He seemed to have fit the evidence that he found/discovered around Sharp to shift the blame to him.

The confidence that Arthur has in George’s innocence can be sometimes vicious and extreme. He is unsatisfied with the results of the Committee reconsidering and demands more from them, in either reward or full innocence and being able to return to work. While I think it would be nice for this to be because Arthur honestly wants George to get the justice he deserves, but I am positive that he wants to keep on advocating because he is ‘addicted’ to it. It is something to entertain himself and give him something to concentrate on. This confidence also has effected George in some sense because while he was determined to have some sort justice from the whole situation, mostly being allowed to work as a solicitor again, once the report from the Committee he seemed much more interested in getting higher retribution than he previously wanted.

George and Arthur’s stories have drastically changed each other and how they approach certain events, especially in the case that they both share an interest in. George has been more interested in retribution for the 3 years he was in jail while Arthur wants to gain an ending to a tale that he has created from a real-life-person.