Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie gives the reader a lot of information and reasonable suspicion for each person on the train, however, she does not definitively single out one person who is responsible for the crime within the first two parts of the story. Once Ratchett, the victim, is murdered, Bouc appoints Poirot to be the detective of the case. In part two of Murder on the Orient Express, Poirot organizes a makeshift courtroom in the dining car where he can interview each of the

Hercule Poirot says goodbye to his partner Dubosc and boards the Taurus Express train to Stamboul. While riding the train to Stamboul, Poirot observes two passengers, Mary Debenham and Colonel Arbuthnot. The two passengers appear to be strangers, but Poirot notices behavior that suggests they are not. One day passes and the train arrives in Stamboul; Poirot checks into the Tokatlian Hotel, as soon as Poirot checks into the hotel he receives a message asking him back to London. While waiting, at his

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie is a novel about mystery and crime. It takes place in winter on a train that’s on its way to Paris. Unfortunately, they run into a snowdrift. Now, they’re stranded in the middle of nowhere with a murdered man on board. In the beginning, a man by the name of Ratchett consults Hercule Poirot, (Inspector) about a problem of his which is that he has an enemy. Ratchett would like Poirot to keep him safe since his life has been threatened but Poirot refuses

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

This essay aims to discuss the novel, Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie as an example of formula literature. By describing, analysing and explaining the main formulaic type of the novel, this essay aims to indicate how the novel is either a classical or hard-boiled detective formula, and whether the novel is typical of its formulaic type. This essay also aims to illustrate how the novel successfully (or unsuccessfully) excites the reader, and how the novel fits into Cawelti(reference)

After reading all evidence in Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, I strongly believe that Hector MacQueen murdered Samuel Edward Ratchett on the Orient Express for various reasons. All evidence points to Hector MacQueen where he stabbed his boss twelve different times all over his body. Hector MacQueen was Ratchett’s secretary for over a year where Ratchett offered him a job while they met in Persia. To start off, MacQueen tells Hercule Poirot in his interrogation, the detective of the

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie is a murder-mystery novel that takes place on a train headed toward Calais. In the middle of the 2nd night aboard, the train comes to a halt, and the passengers are stuck in a snowstorm. It is then discovered that a man has been murdered, and everyone in the train is now a suspect. The novel follows Hercule Poirot as he examines the evidence and tries to piece together the story behind the murder. Throughout the novel, the theme of justice is very

however, was not always the case. Writers like Agatha Christie did not baby or spoil readers by making the enigma easier to solve; instead she did everything in her power to conceal the ending and delay the solution to the reader. In A Murder on the Orient Express, rather than clarifying as the novel progresses, Agatha Christie shrouds and obfuscates the solution until the very end using a variety of techniques to manipulate the readers in order to keep them interested, immersed, but, most importantly,

Have you ever wrestled with a question about morality, and had a difficult time coming to a conclusion? Do you ever wonder if this is something Poirot wrestled with? I think that he has. In Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, the conclusion comes to quite a surprise. Every suspect on the train took part in committing the murder. What decision should Poirot make? Should he let each person off the hook, or should he allow all twelve of them to be prosecuted? Their final verdict is what

There are many different recurring themes in the novel Murder on the Orient Express. The book opens with a fully packed train full of supposed strangers and the world-class detective, Monsieur Hercule Poirot. They end up finding themselves in the middle of a fiasco of tragedy including murder, lies, and forbidden love. A stranger named M. Ratchett, whom the reader, as well as M. Poirot, later discovers was the mastermind behind an infamous kidnapping and the murder of a young child: Daisy Armstrong