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Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None: An Analysis - Term Papers

Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None: An Analysis

I recently read And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. The
book was about ten people chosen to go on an Island vacation. Their host
(or hostess) is unknown. AKA U.N. Owen. One by one the guests die off in
cordanance with the poem about the ten little Indians. After searching the
Island from top to bottom and finding nothing, they come to the conclusion
that it must be one of them, but who!? And why!?

In my opinion, the killer was Dr. Armstrong. The first two murders
were dead giveaways (no pun intended). After Anthony Marston was poisoned,
it was Dr. Armstrong who identified the poison. Potassium cyanide. The
only way he could he known that was if he put it there himself ...

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alabi for their whereabouts
when he was killed. Dr. Armstrong did stray from his group. When the
General didn't show up for lunch, Mr. Rogers offered to go and fetch him.
Dr. Armstrong quickly voluntered instead. He came back to announce that he
was dead. On the morning when they found Mr. Rogers dead, everyone
overslept because he was not there to wake them up. Lombard awoke at 9:30
am. He woke the others, but Armstrong was already up and dressed. Or, the
way I see it is that he was up and nearly dressed. Again. After
murdering Rogers, his clothes probably had some blood on them, so by the
time lombard knocked on his door, he was almost dressed fully in his clean
clothes. Dr. Armstrong was the only one on the island with a needle (and
access to poison) to be able to murder Emily Brent. After Miss. Brent came
Justice Wargrave. When Vera screams, everyone runs upstairs. The group
notices that Wargrave is missing. Blore said that Armstrong came up last
and thought that ...

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Added: 1/8/2004 03:14:37 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
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