And Then There Were None By Agatha Christie

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Frederick Douglass Academy                                                Sofia Mohammed

Class 805                                                                September 5, 2002

And Then There Were None

By: Agatha Christie

        “And Then There Were None” By Agatha Christie is about eight strangers who are invited to Indian Island, off the English coast. Vera Claythorne, a former governess, thinks she has been hired as a secretary; Philip Lombard a solider who is motivated only by a desire for money and material gain, and William Blore, an ex-detective, think they have been hired to look out for trouble throughout the weekend; Dr. Armstrong thinks he has been hired to look after the wife of the island's owner. Judge Wargrave, Emily Brent, Tony Marston, and General Macarthur, think they are going to visit old friends. Their arrival is greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Rogers who are the butler and housekeeper. They tell the guests that the host Mr. Owen will not arrive until the next day.

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        The evening the guests arrived, they are accused of specific crimes that they all committed previously, that were not taken to the courts. They all discuss matters and realized none of them knows a person named Mr. Owen and take it to reconsideration that they all are here for somebody’s bizarre plan. At the time they were discussing what to do; Tony Marston chokes on poised whiskey and dies. Everyone was frightened and felt guilty for their crimes. They finally went to bed, and Vera Claythorne notices the similarity of the death of Tony Marston and the first stanza of ...

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