Refer to your Expeditions in Reading book for a complete version of this text. “The Red-Headed League” is narrated by Dr. Watson. How does this affect the text? It makes the story amusing because Dr. Watson makes fun of Holmes’s quirky behaviors. It creates the conflict in the story when Dr. Watson questions Holmes’s theories about the case. It adds emotion to the story when Dr. Watson describes the gratitude Holmes receives for his work. It keeps the story mysterious and suspenseful because Dr. Watson does not know what Holmes knows.