And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Vera Claythorne, a games mistress and former governess to Cyril Ogilvie Hamilton, may not be as innocent as she seems. Starting off as a proper, sympathetic, and intelligent woman in Agatha Christie’s novel And Then There Were None, Claythorne drastically changes from beginning to end. When Mrs. Una Nancy Owen invited her to the island, Vera seems a bit confused. Not knowing why she was invited other than because she was “fit for the job”, she accepted and planned to serve as a secretary to Owen. When asked to go to the island, it could be believed that she has horrifying flashbacks from the day she murdered Cyril Hamilton.

Justice Wargrave was a suspect of being the indirect killer in the novel And Then There Were None, by Agathe Christie. There is proof he could have been the killer because in the epilogue it states, “There were ten people to be---executed,” (Christie 230). Wargrave’s job was a judge, and if they thought someone was guilty, then what did they do? They executed people. Even if he was not the killer, Wargrave made some just and unjust decisions. A just decision was to possibly have put his life at danger by going to find a dead Dr. Armstrong. Also, Wargrave helped people along the way who were struggling living on an island which was the last place they lived in. He also is accused of making many unjust decisions. One accusation is that he was the murderer of the nine other people on the island, and for doing it as revenge for all of them killing someone or multiple people, though most people were innocent. Also, he lied to everybody about his death, which if they had known, would have sparked major disagreements, though they all were killed.

To begin with, the author develops a person versus nature conflict. After Sangar Rainsford’s, the main character, failed attempt to retrieve his cigar, he falls off his yacht that was headed to South America on a hunting expedition. Rainsford

A theme that is introduced during this part of the story is the nature of evil. Again, this is briefly discussed between Rainsford and Whitney on the ship. Both of these themes foreshadow the experience that Rainsford has later on the island. Their conversation early on in the text helps prepare the reader for what is to

To begin with, one major theme that continuously played a part throughout the entire book is desire. To many of the characters, it was the one urge that they could never overcome. One

It was mostly about the murder trial but also the fact of a forbidden love circle going on in that process of that trial. As we get further in the story the more you understand each one of the character characteristics and understand their character a little bit more as a person and why they are who they are in the

In the late 1930’s an anonymous killer gathers a collection of 10 strangers on Indian Island to murder them as punishment for their past crimes. The accusations made by a pre-recorded message turn the island getaway into a scene of paranoia; the murders of Mr. Rogers and Emily Brent lead to the conclusion that none of them can survive the “Ten Little Indians” rhyme which was plastered on their walls when they first arrived. Their murders which were committed by Mr. Lawrence Wargrave who later confessed to them by writing the confessions and putting it in a bottle followed the deaths which were laid out in the “Ten Little Indians” rhyme. We were successful in obtaining exclusive interviews with Mr. Lawrence Wargrave, Ms. Vera Claythorne and

Imagine knowing how you would die. Paranoia? Schizophrenia? Insomnia? All of these feelings would set in as you sat waiting to be the next victim. Ten Little Indians, published as And Then There Were None when it débuted in America, brought a wonderful sense of mystery into the life of the American. Written by Agatha Christie, it was published in 1939 as a fiction murder mystery. The story is set on an island off the coast of Devon, England during the thirties. Ten Little Indians is a classic murder mystery, which involves ten unsuspecting average people. While it seems that one of these people would be the main character, everyone is equally important in shaping the story.

Justice Wargrave then sees that his plan has gone through. Justice Wargrave is the murderer. This red herring gives the story a plot twist. Wargrave then feels guilty himself and commits suicide by gun. Christie completely twist the reader’s thoughts and killed all suspicion of Vera being the killer and reveals that the true murderer is Justice

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Imagine if you were invited to an island, got there, and found out that you were part of a murder mystery. This is what happened to 11 guests that were invited to Indian Island. The same night that they got there, one of them was killed. The guests immediately started trying to figure out the mystery. In the novel And Then There Were None written by Agatha Christie, the mystery elements that were used were: main conflict, setting, characterization, and the author’s techniques of giving clues.

In most mystery books, justice is seen by a detective catching someone's killer, but in And Then There Were None justice is the murderers being killed by Mr. Wargrave. Many people may see the justice being given in the book very differently, that it was too harsh and not rational or that they got what they deserved. Wargrave was trying to get vengeance for the people who were murdered by killing the people who harmed them. Wargrave's killings were just but Emily Brent's case was not fully justified. Mrs. Brent did not physically kill her servant, she only made a bad choice by kicking her out of her house which led to her servant’s suicide.

There are two very important themes in this book. One theme we do not want to acknowledge although we may need to enjoy the book to acknowledge, were as the other theme is an integral piece of the novel. The theme we do not want to acknowledge is that violence may be necessary and even the best option in certain situations. The theme we need to acknowledge is that no matter what we are, we are all living creatures and should treat each other as equals. This book is a very good read due to its deep messages, its impact on the series, and its incredible characters.

The corpses and the rhymes alone were enough to tamper with the guests’ sanity to a point where the murderer could stand by and watch them murder each other. He had made them so paranoid of the poem that they were vulnerable. When it came down to the final two (or so it seemed) on the island, the murderer calmly stood by and watched as the final guests fought for their own lives. Cruelly and heartlessly, the murderer continued to stand on the side lines as the remaining one fulfilled the prophecy of the rhyme and became the remaining none.

In chapter ten Vera and Lombard sit in the living room and discuss on who they suspect the murder is. Lombard suspects that it is Wargrave because he thinks years of power as a judge have driven him mad and made him want to be both judge and executioner. Vera suspects that it is Armstrong because only a doctor could most likely cause two deaths by poison, and that he that he could have killed Macarthur when he went down to fetch him for lunch. Meanwhile Rogers asks Blore on who he thought it was. Blore replies by saying he suspects someone, but will not tell who. In the smoking room Wargrave and Armstrong talk. Armstrong is worried that they will all be murdered in their beds, while Wargrave says that he thinks he knows the identity of the