Anna Christie

This book is about ten strangers who receive invitations from U.N. Owen to meet at Soldier Island (off in England), the island that used to be owned by an American who hosted big parties. So because they thought there would be a huge event, each individual gladly accepts. Little did they know that no one else was going to be on that island. The guests arrive and meet each other, except they still have no clue who Mr. or Mrs. U.N. Owen is. As they eat dinner, a gramophone plays announcing why each

Murder on the Orient Express was written by Agatha Christie, and was first published on January 1, 1934. The story takes place on a train heading toward Stamboul, and then a train from Stamboul to London, probably around the year 1930. The story begins with Hercule Poirot a famous detective boarding a train. During the ride however, there was a murder in one of the compartments. Hercule Poirot is the main character in the story. He is a worldwide famous detective, known primarily for solving murder

CHAPTER 3 Comparison with Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie When we talk about creation of fictional detectives, the one author who made the most famous and celebrated fictional detective was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Rowling have followed the tradition of creating a fictional detective and weaving the cases around him, like in The Cuckoo’s Calling, not only are we taken in depth of the life of the murdered model, we are also given the flashbacks and understanding of Cormoran

examples of such detectives are Sherlock Holmes with his assistant Dr Watson and our own Indian private investigator Pradosh Chandra Mitter or simply Feluda with his assistant cousin Topshe. There is no case on earth for them which is unsolvable and they are never defeated except Sherlock Holmes who was defeated by a lady in the story ‘ The Scandal of Bohemia’. They are very well aware and are thorough of their approach and their cases involve little or no violence at all. Thus these fictional detectives

fact that characters are invading the tranquility of the idolized small community Of Chipping Cleghorn (Christie, 1950). Christie brilliantly deploys Miss Marples as her detective. Miss Marples plays her role at a time when the Spinster stereotype was high. Unmarried women were considered lonely, nosy and judgmental. Miss Marples is described as a being, “benignant and a good deal older” (Christie, 1950). The cultural beliefs during Miss Marples time situate Miss Marples in a position where she can

There Were None by Agatha Christie the ten main characters in the story are constantly having this feeling of immense uncertainty. They feel this way because they are slowly dying without even knowing how or why the others were killed. The story begins with all ten people being invited by an anonymous person and are murdered one by one. This results in the victims racing to solve the crime before they are killed. Throughout the novel And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie uses imagery, symbolism

The novel ‘And Then There Were None’ contains a number of themes followed as ‘isolation’, ‘deception and lies’, ‘sin and blame’, ‘good vs. evil’, ‘justice and judgment’, ‘mortality’. So the theme of isolation very well goes with the novel as Justice Wargrave purposely picks a secluded island where none of the ten members can escape from themselves; the need to hold and inspect the deaths that they have created as a part of their penance. Only if they trusted each other enough they would have stood

ten people among you, and as one person dies that’s one less person who is guilty. Would you be the person who takes charge? The one who goes insane? Or would you lie low and hope noone notices you? In the book And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, the main mystery elements used were: main conflict, setting, characterization, and the author’s techniques of giving clues. The main conflict in the story is person versus person, or the murders of the ten people who were apparently murdered because

(39) However, they soon start fearing it. If one person dies the same way as in the nursery rhyme, it may just be a coincidence. As more people die similarly to the nursery rhyme the reader realizes that the deaths are not accidental. In this way, Christie turns a fun and lighthearted rhyme into a dark and ominous one. This creates a sense of unease as the reader and the characters begin to wonder who the next person will be to die and how their death will connect to the rhyme. Additionally, the mysterious

also possibly the most uniquely presented story of them all. The novel, known as both And Then There Were None and Ten Little Indians, provides a unique look at the concepts of guilt and justice in comparison to other detective novels by Agatha Christie and other well-renowned authors of the genre. Each of the ten characters exhibits varying degrees of guilt towards past actions, and as they each meet their untimely deaths, the reader is left to ponder whether or not the deaths are justified. Going