And Then There Were None Mystery

And Then There Were None is an enthralling mystery novel by esteemed author Agatha Christie. It is a horror filled scenario in which ten people are trapped on an island, and get killed off one by one, the deaths corresponding with the children's rhyme ‘Ten Little Indians.’ In order to benefit themselves, three alliances are formed throughout the novel: between Blore, Armstrong, and Lombard; Claythorne and Lombard; and Armstrong and Wargrave. The alliances have great impact on the characters’ actions and the novel itself, in aiding or hindering the murderer, and building suspense as alliances fall.

1. Discuss the role of the poem “Ten Little Indians” in And Then There Were None. Why does the murderer choose to follow the poem so closely? What effect does this have on the characters

The conflict is exemplified very well throughout the story. The major conflict in the story was about the two main characters which are Joe Kanty and Spunk Banks, who are both in love with the same woman Lena. The story starts by stating Spunk walking around with Lena on his arms, not caring who sees him. “A giant of a brown-skinned man sauntered up the one street of the village and onto the palmetto thickets with a small pretty woman clinging lovingly to his arm.” (Hurston, 1925, 502).This quote shows him as an assertive man who does not care what people thinks of him. The people see Joe as weak and scary. A conflict aroused when Joe decided that he was going to confront Spunk to get his wife back. “ Didn’t he meet Spunk an’ Lena face to face one day las’ week an’ mumble sumthin’ to Spunk ‘bout lettin’ his wife alone?” (Hurston, 1925, 503). Joe is very upset and jealous that he lost his wife to Spunk. In the story the author wrote, “Ah like him fine but tain’t right the way he carries on wid Lena Kanty, jus’ ‘cause Joe’s timid ‘bout fightin’.” (Hurston, 1925, 503). The author showed that Joe was prepared to challenge Spunk and take back what belongs to him. Spunk and Joe fought for the love of Lena. Joe ends up getting killed with a gun by Spunk trying to get his wife back. “Well, Spunk announced calmly, Joe came out there wid a meat axe an’ made me kill him.”(Hurston, 1925,

In the story there are 3 types of conflict, Person vs. Self, Person vs. Society and Person vs. Person. Person vs. Self would come in when Carolee had to decide what she was gonna do. Would she call the police or help the person or just leave well alone. Person vs. Society would be the police force against the suspect. Finally Person vs. Person would be when the suspect shot the other police officer and when he was getting shot at.

Agatha Christie uses characterization to show the evil side of human nature, in her mystery novel And Then There Were None, through three important characters, which include Vera Claythorne, Philip Lombard, and Justice Wargrave. Christie shows characterization through Vera by making her a Dynamic character. Vera changes through the course of the work by influence of the life threatening situation that is going on around her. Furthermore, Vera changes from a proper and polite woman, to a woman who will do anything to survive. “Vera Claythorne, tired by some recent strenuous term at school, thought to herself-‘Being a games mistress in a

Justice Lawrence Wargrave had a dark desire of seeing or causing death but he also had a strong sense of justice so seeing innocents die brought him no pleasure, although as time passed he started loosing control and wanting to kill, which was a constant inner battle for him. Ultimately he succumbed to his desire and began forming his plan, which targeted people who deliberately killed but where untouchable by the law becoming a sort of “criminal artist” shown by the way he committed all the murders by following the old nursery rhyme the ten little Indian Boys. “From my earlier youth I realized that my nature was a mass of contradictions.” (p. 261). This quote shows us that Wargrave always new that he liked the idea of murder but because of sense of justice he would have to plan an amazing murder that would both bring people to justice but also satisfy his hunger for

Battling through life with conflict is often one of the main problems adolescents have to surpass. Conflict implies many difficulties that may harm ones dignity. This is visible in the lives of Charlie Hall in Emory’s Gift by William Bruce Cameron and Saul Indian Horse in Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese. Conflict makes the protagonists stronger as it allows them to boost their flexibility, mature, and build up their self-esteem.

The conflict in this short story is about man vs man, man vs society and man vs self. Man vs man is portrayed through the bullies and Mickey, man vs society is struggling with identity and man vs self is the struggle with inner self power.

In the story by Charles W. Chesnutt, "The Wife of His Youth, there are many different types of conflict. There is internal conflict amongst the characters, internal conflict, and conflict with society. The conflicts that Chesnutt raises in this story are not easy to relate to for

The main theme of this novel work is a powerful journey that lead unknown strangers on this dull island where each one of them life is at stake between survival and fate. The author’s overall message to society is far the intended audience to know how justice needs to be served. The way the author Christie use each element such as characterization, conflict, and style to enhance the theme with the characterization she pin out points from the begging of the novel to let the beginning of the novel to let the audience know that this vacation trip that each of the strangers think they getting is going to turn out to be something more than what they all expect. The conflict again are within each character their self’s and the author make sure that in this novel there’s pin points that the

The main one was Man vs. Society. This happened when Tessie had won the lottery. She started arguing and screaming to the villagers that it wasn't fair, but they paid no attention to her as they chased her in the village until she was stoned. This was an important conflict because it shows you how much a tradition nobody knows the meaning of meant to them whether you were family or not. Mr. Summers words from the story “All rights folks” and “Let’s finish this quickly” show you that for them it’s just natural for them. The villagers had even forgotten the ritual and the original black box to “The Lottery” the only thing they knew left was the

The movie’s main theme tends to contrast two groups of people in the society. One group consists of people who come from the rural areas while the other group is that of people from the urban setting. The social norm of the people in the rural areas is based on simplicity and illiteracy. The story revolves around the murder of one of The Ward Brothers. The death of William occurs and his brother Delbert is accused of killing him. Delbert denies the allegations but before he is set free he is taken into custody and made to sign some forms.

A young, married couple, part of this family also, is also struggling because the man is thinking on leaving. His wife is pregnant, but he believes the child is not his. She was rape, and this has drawn them apart. Two more women, are part of this family. They come to the island from the main land on the day the movie describes. One of them is religious; she believes in Jesus Crist. This is another struggle between religious traditions. The other women left the Island long ago to live in the main land. In this day she was coming back to her land to stay, to rediscover herself. However, she got rejected by many women in the family. They consider her a traitor because she left. The younger women accept her because they are more open-minded.

Each story ever written has many literary elements within it. Elements such as setting, characters, resolution, plot, and lastly conflict, Conflict is a major part of any story. The plot is centered around any sort of conflict in a short story or novel. It creates challenges with the story and within the characters. It keeps a reader entertained enough to see if the characters overcome those hardships. James Baldwin’s story, “Sonny’s Blues”, uses conflict as the main concept of the story, the conflicts and struggles wither make or break the characters in the story.

| Person vs. Society * This story seems to be Tom against “the mob”. Tom seemed to have a different outlook compared to the other people in the square. Person vs. Self * Tom also had a minor Person vs. Self conflict because he didn’t know whether to follow the crowd or listen and follow his feelings and aspirations.