And+Then+There+Were+None

__CHAPTER 1, 2, & 3__
1. Who is U.N. Owen? What do we learn about him in the novel’s opening pages? U. N. Owen is the owner of the Island and possibly the one who sent all the invitations to the guests.

2. Where does the story take place? Describe the primary setting of And Then There Were None with __as much detail as possible.__ The story takes place in the Indian Island which is a little island off the Devon Coast, with the house facing south. The house is low, square, and modern- looking with rounded windows.

3. How and why is Indian Island so important to the narrative (Story)? The Indian Island is important to the narrative because the Indian Island is where all the guests are invited to, and it has multiple rumors about what happened in the island. For example, one of the rumors suggest that it was bought by a millionaire and was very luxurious.

4. Identify the ten guests who have been invited to Indian Island, giving their __names and backgrounds__ . •Mr. Justice Wargrave- Retired from the bench (Former Judge) •Vera Claythorne- Secretary, not retired but on a break. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">•Captain Philip Lombard- On the island as a part of his job- he was paid to be on the island. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">•Emily Brent- Old woman that couldn’t remember the name of the people that she met a long time ago and thinks that they gave the invitation.. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">•General Macarthur- Didn’t know the person that sent the invitation, excited about going to the island after all the rumors heard about the island. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">•Dr. Armstrong- Doctor who has some issues with the connection with his wife. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">•Anthony Marston- Came from France, had a good look <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">•Mr. Blore- Sent to the island to spy on people in the island. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">•Mr. Rogers- Person sent to be the servant of the party <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">•Mrs. Rogers- Wife of Mr. Rogers, also a servant of the party.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Did any of these individuals – when you first encountered them in <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the introductory Cast of Characters, or in the following pages – <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">strike you as especially sinister? (If so, which one and why?) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Emily Brent- She hated how the world was functioning today, very different from the days when she was young.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Threatening? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr Blore- I thought it was weird for one of the guest to have a list of all the people invited.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Harmless? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Justice Wargrave- A former judge, I thought he would never break a law since it was his job to enforce it.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Describe the poem Vera Claythorne finds on display above the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">mantel in her bedroom (in ch 2). What kind of poem is it? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The poem is about how there were 10 little indian boys, and one by one, they keep disappearing until there were none.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. How are the poem’s meaning and imagery changed by its context in <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">this novel? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There were 10 little indian people, and there were exactly 10 people in the island called “Indian Island”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. How does the poem relate to the centerpiece of small china figures <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">that first appears in the subsequent dinner scene (in Ch.3)? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The poem indicated 10 indian people, and there were 10 china figures on the centerpiece.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9. How does this poem relate to the larger plot or structure of the novel? (You may need to come back to this question after reading the rest of the novel.) Everyone died the same way as the 10 little indians in the poem on everyone's room wall.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10. In chapter 3, the ten guests are gathered for their after-dinner coffee when suddenly an “inhuman, penetrating” voice begins to <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">speak to them, one which has been prerecorded on a phonograph record. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What exactly does “The Voice” accuse each guest of doing? Be specific.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Edward George Armstrong (Dr. Armstrong)- Caused the death of Louisa Mary Clees on March 14th, 1925.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emily Caroline Brent (Emily Brent)- Responsible for the death of Beatrice Taylor on November 5th, 1931
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">William Henry Blore (Mr. Blore)- Killed james Stephen Landor on october 10th, 1928.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Vera Elizabeth Claythorne (Vera Claythorne)- Killed Cyril Ogilvie Hamilton on august 11th, 1935
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Philip Lombard (Captain Philip Lombard)- Killed 21 members of indian tribe on February, 1932
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">John Gordon Macarthur (General Macarthur)- Killed Arthur Richmond, Gordon’s wife’s lover on January 4th, 1917.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Anthony James Marston (Anthony Marston)- Killed John and Lucy Combes, November 14th.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thomas Rogers and Ethel Rogers (Mr. Rogers& Mrs. Rogers)- Killed Jennifer Brady on May 6th, 1929
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lawrence John Wargrave (Mr. Justice Wargrave)- killed Edward Seton on June 10th, 1930.

__**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CHAPTERS 4 & 5 **__ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11. Who dies at the end of chapter 4? **
 * Anthony Marston dies at the end of Chapter 4. **


 * 12. Look at the victim’s last words, and then explain the irony or black **** comedy of this particular murder, given these final comments. **
 * “The legal life’s narrowing! I’m all for crime! Here’s to it.” From this, we can tell that Marston is the only one who is eager to stay and find out who invited them, yet he is the first to die. **

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">13. In part 5 of chapter 5, we learn the following about General ****<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Macarthur: “He knew, suddenly, that he didn’t want to leave this ****<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">island.” ****<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why do you think he knows this? Provide as many reasons as you ****<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">can. **
 * General Macarthur does realize that he is responsible for the death of Arthur Richmond, and he knows that if he goes back, all the troubles will return, and in the island, he can be in a peaceful state. Away from all the troubles. **


 * What is the general going through? Describe his state of mind – **** what it is, and what it might be. **
 * He starts to think about the connection he felt about Arthur Richmond and his wife, the hatred for Arthur, that led to the death of Arthur.Then he realizes that if he goes back to his home, he will be haunted by old memories, making him want to stay here and never leaving. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__CHAPTER 6 & 7__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">14. How does Mrs. Rogers meet her demise in chapter 6? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">She had overslept, she neither drank nor ate anything when she went to bed that night.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">15. Why does Mr. Blore immediately suspect that Mrs. Rogers was killed by her husband, the butler? Explain Mr. Blore’s accusation, pointing out its strengths and shortcomings. Mr. Blore suspects that Mr. Rogers killed his wife because he knew the fact that they already killed someone else, so they wouldn’t have no fear of killing someone, thus killing Anthony Marston. He believes that Mr. Blore would have no trouble lying about his murders, but Mrs. Rogers would falter and cave in, so Mr. Rogers killed his wife to keep their secrets.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">16. In part 3 of chapter 7, Mr. Lombard and Dr. Armstrong discuss the two deaths that have occurred thus far. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why do they conclude that both deaths must have been acts of murder? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They believe that the deaths of two people have connections to their surroundings, like the china figures that originally had 10 Indian figures but now 8, and also the poem about 10 little indians about each of them dying one by one, exactly the same way.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does this conclusion relate to the absence of Mr. Owen? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Because the conclusion states that the deaths were no accident, but murder, they believe that the mysterious U. N. Owen is in the island, and doesn’t plan to leave the island until everyone’s dead.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why do Mr. Lombard and Dr. Armstrong then agree to enlist Mr. Blore in their search mission? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They know that this U. N. Owen already killed 2 people, he is capable of killing anyone, so they decide to bring Mr. Blore, a former officer and detective, who had experience in this situation.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What and where do they plan to search? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Philip Lombard decides to look for this U. N. Owen and realizes that the island is small, so it would take a short time even if they were to search the whole island.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__CHAPTER 8 & 9__

17. Reread the last sentence of chapter 8. Identify the possible as well as the inevitable implications of this last sentence – for the plot of this novel and the fate of its characters. "There was no one on the island but their eight selves." <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If there is no one except for the 8 guests, it is only possible that one of the guests are the murder.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">18. What sort of threshold has been crossed, and how is the story different from this point on? Because they know that the murder is one of them, they have no choice but to be very cautious and suspect everyone.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">19. After the murdered body of General Macarthur is discovered, the seven remaining characters participate in an informal yet serious court session to “establish the facts” of what has transpired since their arrival at Indian Island. Who is the leader of this parlor-room inquest? Does this appointment seem fitting? Why or why not? The Justice Wargrave is the leader of this parlor-room inquest. In my opinion, he is the fitting leader for this meeting because he had some experience as a judge in the court, so he would make a good leader of this parlor-room inquest.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How do the other six characters react to this leader’s questions and conclusions? Some people are disturbed by the leader’s questions, but they have no choice but to answer the questions because they would be accused of murder if they don’t answer. Even for the conclusion, they have no choice but to follow the conclusions because they have no other theory for the subject.

How do they react to one another’s accusations? At this point, they cannot trust each other, so everyone starts doubt each other.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">20. In your view, who seemed most likely to be guilty at this point in the narrative, and who seemed most likely to be innocent? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-In my point of view, Justice Wargrave seems most likely to be innocent because although he chose himself as the leader of the parlor- room inquest, he did admit that even he, could be the murder and left himself as the possible murder when they were discussing them. - I think Mr. Blore is most likely to be guilty because he was the first person to accuse people for small behaviors, to hide his fake identity. For example, when Mrs. Rogers died, he was the first one to suspect Mr. Rogers for her death, and when he knew that Mr. Lombard brought a revolver, he suspected him all because he had a revolver, as he discussed with Mr. Armstrong.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__CHAPTER 10 & 11__

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">21. In part 4 of chapter 10 we encounter Miss Emily Brent at work on her diary. She seems to be nodding off while sitting at the window and writing in her notebook. “The pencil straggled drunkenly in her fingers,” we read. “In shaking loose capitals she wrote: THE MURDERER’S NAME IS BEATRICE TAYLOR... Her eyes closed. Suddenly, with a start, she awoke.” <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">What do you make of this passage? What does it mean? Why would Miss Brent jot down such a statement? Think about what you have learned about Miss Brent’s background, mentality, spiritual outlook, and idea of right and wrong when answering these questions. The passage would suggest that she is starting to think that the woman she is responsible of death for, Beatrice Taylor is not dead yet and is currently trying to kill Miss. Brent. In my opinion, she did have some guilt inside her in which she didn’t share with anybody. She was a devoted Christian, thinking that Beatrice Taylor deserved to die, but somewhere inside her, she knew that she had done something wrong.

22. As chapter 11 begins, what is different about the arrangement of the china figure Indians in the dining room? How many are now in the table’s centerpiece – and what does this number tell you? There were 6 indians in the china figure, which would imply that someone did die.

23. How has Mr. Rogers been killed? Mr. Rogers was chopped with an axe on the back of his head.

24. At the end of this chapter, everyone is having a hearty breakfast, being “very polite” as they address one another, and “behaving normally” in all other ways. Does this make sense to you? Explain why or why not. What else is going on? They are being very polite to each other. In my point of view, it doesn’t make sense to behave this way because they don’t know who the murderer is, so if I were in their position, I would be suspecting everyone by now. They might be acting polite, but they are still suspecting everyone.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">25. Read the conclusion of chapter 11 and then comment on the thoughts and fears these characters are experiencing. Some people are wanting to know who would be next, and one person is thinking about the plans they made and is hoping that it would run smoothly.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__CHAPTER 12 & 13__ **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">26. How is Miss Brent murdered, and why is Dr. Armstrong immediately suspected of committing this crime? **
 * Miss. Brent was murdered by a hypodermic syringe injected inside her neck. Dr. Armstrong is immediately suspected because he was the only one that brought a cyanide in the island. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">27. What telltale item in the doctor’s possession turns up missing? **
 * The Hypodermic Syringe inside Dr. Armstrong’s suitcase is gone. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">28. What item originally in Mr. Lombard’s possession also disappears? **
 * Mr. Lombard’s revolver is gone. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">29. Five people are still alive as chapter 13 begins. In the second paragraph, we read: “And all of them, suddenly, looked less like human beings. They were reverting to more bestial types.” Explain this behavior, and provide several example of it by referring to the text of the novel. **
 * Now they know that Mr. Lombard’s revolver is missing, and that one of them is the murderer, they now know that they have the revolver, the power to kill anyone at anytime.Because they know this, they are panicking, thus repeating three words, “One of us...” They are stare at eachother because they cannot let their guards down now, knowing that one of them can kill anyone. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">30. Is this similar to how you yourself would behave if placed in this horrific situation? Explain why or why not. **
 * If I were in this position, I would try to calm myself down, because as people panic, they start to lose trust from each other, making them want to kill each other. From my point of view, that is what the murder would want, to lose trust and become crazy. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">31. Earlier in the narrative, both a ball of gray wool and a red shower curtain suddenly go missing. How and where do these items reappear? **
 * The items appear in the living room where Mr. Wargrave is, dressing him as a judge with wools as a wig and dress in scarlet robe. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">32. At the end of chapter 13, Mr. Lombard exclaims, “How Edward Seton would laugh if he were here! God, how he’d laugh!” Identify the implied, potential, and literal meanings of this “outburst [that] shocked and startled the others.” **
 * Mr. Lombard believed that Mr. Wargrave sentenced an innocent man, Edward Seton to his death. Mr. Lombard believes that if Edward Seton saw Justice Wargrave dead, his hatred for Justice Wargrave would be satisfied. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__CHAPTER 14- END__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">33. The narrative of And Then There Were None seems to become more detailed – and carefully descriptive and deliberately paced – as it draws to a close. In chapter 14, for instance, we encounter extended interior monologues involving Miss Claythorne and ex-Inspector Blore. Why do you suppose the author begins to focus on her characters in this way, and at this moment in the tale? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">At this moment in the tale, the end is near, but we don’t know what really happened in the past that U. N. Owen knows, but we don’t. In my opinion, the author gave more detailed monologues of Miss Claythorne and Mr Blore because the end was coming, and we still didn’t know very much about these two characters.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What do we learn from the private thoughts of these two characters? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They both start to fear the darkness knowing that the murder can kill them anytime in any way.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How do their ideas and impressions in chapter 14 advance the story? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They think about the past, which had always hunted them, and they both know that the end is coming, but they want to avoid the inevitable end.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">34. What happens to Dr. Armstrong? How and when does he disappear? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Armstrong opens his door and walks out the front door, which makes people think like he is leaving, so Mr. Blore and Mr. Lombard follows him outside, but he is gone missing.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">35. How is Mr. Blore murdered, and why do Miss Claythorne and Mr. Lombard suspect that Dr. Armstrong is Mr. Blore’s killer? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr. Blore’s head was crushed with a clock from Miss Claythorne’s mantelpiece, which was shaped like a bear. Mr Lombard and Miss Claythorne suspect Dr Armstrong because when Dr Armstrong was gone, they realized that the poem said “Four little Indian boys going out to the sea; A red Herring swallowed one and then there were three.”, which made them think that Dr Armstrong was still alive.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">36. When you reached the point where Miss Claythorne and Mr. Lombard are the only two characters remaining, which one did you think was the murderer? Or did you suspect someone else? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Use quotes from the novel to support your answer. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In my opinion, I think that Mr. Lombard is the murderer because when they realized that there were only 2 people, Miss Claythorne asks Mr Lombard about the marble bear, and he replies, “A conjuring trick, my dear- a very good one.” At this point, I was able to tell that Mr. Lombard knew too much about the death of Mr Blore.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">37. Who kills Philip Lombard? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Claythorne kills Philip Lombard by shooting him in the heart with a revolver.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">38. Who, ultimately, is responsible for the death of Vera Claythorne? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Vera Claythorne may have killed herself, but she believes that it was Hugo, who she believes that knows the truth: that she lied about Cyril swimming in the ocean, towards the rock.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__EPILOGUE__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">39. Look again at the book’s Epilogue. Who are the detectives in charge of solving these crimes? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sir Thomas Legge, the Assistant Commissioner at Scotland, and Inspector Maine.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Are they able to come up with any answers? Evaluate their success, identifying the points on which they are correct and those on which they are incorrect in their reconstruction of the events on Indian Island. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They were able to figure out the way those 10 people died on the Indian Island. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They did suspect that the murderer was one of the 10 people, but they concluded that it was not possible. Vera did kick the chair and hanged herself, but they said it wasn’t.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">40. Who is the murderer? How is his or her identity revealed? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The murderer was Justice Wargrave, his letter was found in a bottle, which was thrown by Justice Wargrave himself.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">41. Who is the mysterious Mr. Owen? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Isaac Morris was Mr. Owen, the man who previsioned the island and made all the necessary arrangements.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">42. Were you satisfied with the novel’s conclusion? And were you surprised by it? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">While I was reading, I had some theories, but I didn’t suspect Justice Wargrave. From my point of view, I thought Justice Wargrave would never commit murder because he was a former judge, who would know that murder is bad. After reading the end of the book, I was shocked that he would actually pose his own death to make sure no one would suspect him.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">43. Did you, as a reader and an armchair detective, find the ending fully credible and plausible? Did the murderer’s “confession” seem fitting and appropriate to you? Explain your answers. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">From my point of view, I thought the ending was good and the confession was clearly plausible. He did point out that he used the help of Dr. Armstrong to fake his death, I thought this was a good idea because with a help of the doctor, no one else would examine the body and would question the doctor, especially in a situation like that.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Define the term “red herring”. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The term “Red Herring” means a misleading clue. A clue that would give a different conclusion than the real one.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">44. And Then There Were None is generally seen as one of the best mystery novels ever published. What are the clues in this mystery? What are the red herrings? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The poem was a clue, it did give us clues to how the people died. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The death of Justice Wargrave was the red herring, we believed that Justice Wargrave died, but this gave us a different conclusion, which was that he was not the murder.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Great job. A comprehensive group of responses to these questions!

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