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 was a man who had invited the 10 guests to his home on the island. He had recently purchased the island after the millionaire American couple had sold the place, because the wife was a bad sailor. None of the characters know his identity.


 * 2. Where does the story take place? Describe the primary setting of**
 * And Then There Were None with __as much detail as possible.__**

The primary setting is on an Indian island of the Devon coast. On the island there is a large mansion built on top. The island was a place for honeymoons, or a get-away place for celebrities. It was recently purchased by U.N. Owen.


 * 3. How and why is Indian Island so important to the narrative (Story)**?

The suspence, and mystery starts to happen on the Indian Island.


 * 4. Identify the ten guests who have been invited to Indian Island, giving**
 * their __names and backgrounds__.**


 * •** Justice Wargrave ~ A reptilian old man, known in the courts as a hanging judge
 * •** Vera Claythorne ~ An ex-governess with a Coroner's Inquest in her past.
 * •** Philip Lombard ~ An soldier who has a gun.
 * •** Emily Brent ~ A sixty-five year old women with troubled dreams.
 * •** General Macarthur ~ A soldier who had fought in the Great War
 * •** Dr. Armstrong ~ A young man who had recently become quite wealthy for dealing with women with "boredom"
 * •** Anthony Marston ~ Like a young bronze god, he came careening into their lives as if he would live forever.
 * •** Mr. Blore ~ The bearlike ex-C.I.D. man who tried to disguise himself as an African colonial
 * •** Mr. Rogers, and Mrs. Rogers~ The stammering butler, and the bloodless cook


 * 5. Did any of these individuals – when you first encountered them in**
 * the introductory Cast of Characters, or in the following pages –**
 * strike you as especially sinister? (If so, which one and why?)**

Mr.Blore (Mr. Davis) Mr. and Mrs Rogers Justice Wargrave Philip Lombard Dr. Armstrong
 * Threatening?**

Vere Claythorne Emily Brent General Macarthur Anthony Marston
 * Harmless?**


 * 6. Describe the poem Vera Claythorne finds on display above the**
 * mantel in her bedroom (in ch 2). What kind of poem is it?**

There are 10 Indian children, and then each line 1 boy either leaves the rest. or dies, untill there is 1 boy left. The last Indian boy was all alone, so he hung himslef, and then there were none.


 * 7. How are the poem’s meaning and imagery changed by its context in**
 * this novel?**

Instead of the boys dying, it seems like they just went somewhere else


 * 8. How does the poem relate to the centerpiece of small china figures**
 * that first appears in the subsequent dinner scene (in Ch.3)?**

There are 10 Indian boys in the poem, and There are 10 guests on the Indian Island


 * 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.)**

The poem, "The Ten Little Indian Boys" relates to the story structure because all the guests will die just like they do in the poem, until there is one guest left. That guest will hang him/her self just like the last Indian boy.


 * 10. In chapter 3, the ten guests are gathered for their after-dinner**
 * coffee when suddenly an “inhuman, penetrating” voice begins to**
 * speak to them, one which has been prerecorded on a phonograph**
 * record.**
 * What exactly does “The Voice” accuse each guest of doing? Be specific.**

Dr. Armstrong - Cause of the death of Louisa Mary Clees.

Emily Brent - Responsible for the death of Beatrice Taylor.

William Blore - Brought about the death of James Stephen Landor.

Vere Claythorne - Murder of Cyril Ogilvie Hamilton.

Philip Lombard - Guilty of the death of 21 members of an East African tribe.

John Gordon Macarthur - Sent his wife's lover, Arthur Richmond, to his death.

Anthony James Marston - Guilty of the murder of John and Lucy Combes.

Thomas Rogers, and Ethel Rogers - Brought the death of Jennifer Brady.

John Wargrave - Guilty of the murder of Edward Seton


 * CHAPTERS 4 & 5**


 * 11. Who dies at the end of chapter 4?**

Anthony Marston


 * 12. Look at the victim’s last words, and then explain the irony or black**
 * comedy of this particular murder, given these final comments.**

Before Anthony Marston dies, he says "The legal life's narrowing! I'm all for crime!" What is ironic about it is he says I'm all for crime, yet he dies, and makes a crime.


 * 13. In part 5 of chapter 5, we learn the following about General**
 * Macarthur: “He knew, suddenly, that he didn’t want to leave this**
 * island.”**
 * Why do you think he knows this? Provide as many reasons as you**
 * can.**

General Macarthur realizes that he doesn't want to be an outcast in society, and he doesn't want people whispering about him. I think he realises that he won't make it off the island alive, so he's just going to live his last days to the fullest.


 * What is the general going through? Describe his state of mind –**
 * what it is, and what it might be.**

He no longer feels as people are talking behind his back.


 * CHAPTER 6 & 7 **


 * 14. How does Mrs. Rogers meet her demise in chapter 6? **

She dies in her sleep, and doesn't wake up.


 * 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 thought that Mr. Rogers had killed his wife, because he was thinking that Mr.Rogers thought that his wife would give away that they murdered that old lady so he'd kill her.


 * 16. In part 3 of chapter 7, Mr. Lombard and Dr. Armstrong discuss the **
 * two deaths that have occurred thus far. **
 * Why do they conclude that both deaths must have been acts of **
 * murder? **

The two deaths were back to back in under a 12 hour span, and both victims bot aren't the suicide type.


 * How does this conclusion relate to the absence of Mr. Owen? **

The guests start to think that Mr. Owen his hiding on the island somewhere, and that this was all planned, the deaths, and no bread boat.


 * Why do Mr. Lombard and Dr. Armstrong then agree to enlist Mr. **
 * Blore in their search mission? **

He could be trusted, and he was an ex-C.I.D., so they though that would be useful finding him.


 * What and where do they plan to search? **

Mr. Lombard, Dr.Armstrong, and Mr. Blore go around the island and search it completely still after a long time of searching, they still don't find U.N. Owen, or his "hideout"


 * 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."**

This means that U.N. Owen is a made up character. and that the murderer is one of the members of the party. The person has set up the whole scene and gave all the letters signing it with U.N. Owen


 * 18. What sort of threshold has been crossed, and how is the story**
 * different from this point on?**

They realize that this has all been set up by one of the member, and that they will all die like in the poem about the Ten Indian Boys.


 * 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 leader of this serious court session is Justice Wargrave. The appointment seems fitting because the guests need to gather facts, if they are ever going to find the murderer.


 * How do the other six characters react to this leader’s questions and**
 * conclusions?**

They all seem very angry about any accusations about them, as they say they are not the murderer. Even though anyone can be the killer, all the members are mad about anyone accusing them of it.


 * How do they react to one anothers accusations?**

They react with anger, as they think that none of them would have thought that people would be accusing them of being U.N. Owen.


 * 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?**

Dr. Armstrong seems the most guilty The first two deaths have been poison, and when ever someone dies he is the first one to rush to the scene and declare what the death is from, and because he is a Doctor, no one chooses to argue against his words. The most innocent in this point of the book so far would be Emily Brent. She doesn't talk much, and hasn't done anything though out the story yet.


 * CHAPTER 10 & 11**


 * 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.”**


 * 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.**

What Emily Brent is expressing is that if she didn't kick Beatrice Taylor, she wouldn't have accusations against her of murder, and wouldn't be on this island about to die. Technically if Beatrice Taylor had never existed, Brent would not die now, on the island.


 * 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?**

One of the Indian china figures is missing, this means that one member on the island has been killed. The number a china figures tells how many people are left on the island.


 * 23. How has Mr. Rogers been killed?**

Mr. Rogers was struck in the back of the head with a large wood cutting axe.


 * 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?**

The guests realize that they will all die too, so they are going to make the best out of the scenario, and eat a breakfast with very polite manners, making the best out of the situation.


 * 25. Read the conclusion of chapter 11 and then comment on the**
 * thoughts and fears these characters are experiencing.**

Everyone has really fearful thoughts on who might be killed next, or will it be them, but the killer is very amused in what he's done, thinking what to do next, and he's hoping nobody finds out who he is.


 * CHAPTER 12 & 13**


 * 26. How is Miss Brent murdered, and why is Dr. Armstrong**
 * immediately suspected of committing this crime?**

Miss Brent is injected in the neck with some sort of poison, but she thought it was a bee, before she died. Dr. Armstrong is immediately suspected, because he is the only one who was a syringe to inject poison.


 * 27. What telltale item in the doctor’s possession turns up missing?**

The Doctors syringe is missing, which leads to the fact that someone might have stole it to do the murder.


 * 28. What item originally in Mr. Lombard’s possession also**
 * disappears?**

Mr. Lombard's revolver goes missing.


 * 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.**

There senses were far more like animals than humans. They couldn't trust anyone, and people were dieing around them, but it wasn't a big deal to them as long as it wasn't them being killed.


 * 30. Is this similar to how you yourself would behave if placed in this**
 * horrific situation? Explain why or why not.**

Well at this point in the book, when a new person is being murdered each day, I see no reason to not be acting extremely strange, and almost like an animal. What if it was me, who was going to be the next one murdered? Then I'm sure I'd act the same as them.


 * 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?**

These items were in the murder scene of Justice Wargrave.


 * 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.”**

Edward Seton was the innocent man that Justice Wargrave had sentenced to death. The literal meaning is that if he was here he would be laughing as he would have thought this was a nice act of karma.


 * CHAPTER 14- END**


 * 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?**

The author focuses on these characters with fine detail because they will most likley be gone soon, so she wants to wrap up any last details about them.


 * What do we learn from the private thoughts of these two**
 * characters?**

Both characters are woried and scared, but almost just waiting to die, because the feel they will eventually on this island.


 * How do their ideas and impressions in chapter 14 advance the**
 * story?**

Vera and Blore suspect it was Armstrong, but Lombard thinks it's Blore as the murderer, both ways they are VERY cautious now.


 * 34. What happens to Dr. Armstrong? How and when does he**
 * disappear?**

Blore hears a sound in the night and Dr.Armstrong's room was the only one empty, so himself and Lombard go out in the night looking for him with no success of finding him.


 * 35. How is Mr. Blore murdered, and why do Miss Claythorne and**
 * Mr. Lombard suspect that Dr. Armstrong is Mr. Blore’s killer?**

Blore was murdered agaist a marble statue with a clock thrown at his head. Vera, and Lombard suspect Armstrong because they don't think he is dead, and they don't suspect each other.


 * 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?**
 * Use quotes from the novel to support your answer.**

I suspect one of the 10 guests on the island never actually died.


 * 37. Who kills Philip Lombard?**

Vera Claythorne


 * 38. Who, ultimately, is responsible for the death of Vera**
 * Claythorne?**

The child Cyrill, because if she never let him swin to the rock and drown, she wouldn't have hung herself.


 * EPILOGUE**


 * 39. Look again at the book’s Epilogue. Who are the detectives in**
 * charge of solving these crimes?**

Sir Thomas Legge and Detective Maine.


 * 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.**

They figured out how each person was killed and that it must have been one of the 10 people on the island.They do not, however, figure out that Mr Wargrave was the killer.


 * 40. Who is the murderer? How is his or her identity revealed?**

The murderer is Mr.Wargrave. We find this out because after all the deaths have happened, he writes a note explaining how he did the murder, puts it in a bottle then chucks it into the water.


 * 41. Who is the mysterious Mr. Owen?**

Isaac Morris


 * 42. Were you satisfied with the novel’s conclusion? And were you**
 * surprised by it?**

I liked the conclusion. Wargrave as the killer suprised me because, in the story there had been no one blaming him for the murder. I thought that after he explained how all the deaths had happened, the deaths seemed to make more sense. I also thought it was funny that a judge named 'Justice' had wanted justice severed.


 * 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.**

I think the confession was good because this case could not be explained by detectives. The chance that this bottle with the note is found, is very slim, but if it is found it would really explain what happened at Indian Island, to the detectives.


 * Define the term “red herring”.**

A fake clue leading to a trail.


 * 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?**


 * -** Edward Seton was actually guilty, so Mr Wargrave wasn't a real murderer

-Dr Armstrong's death was related the verse in the poem about a Red Herring, so he must have known something was going to happen

-The shot on the head of Mr Wargrave was like that of Cain.

Some good responses James, although I'm not sure if they represent your BEST effort.

45/50

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