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Home Page ATTWN Page Mrs. M Assignment #4: Chapters 1-6** 12/6/09
 * Oops! There should be a link to the 'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' page, not the 'here' page. Everyone has done that wrong. Please fix!

Time:Unknown Place:Indian Island/train/car Good job! Great time line. These key ideas will help with the assignments this week! You also paid attention to detail, grammar, sentence structure and mechanics. It was nice to read such a well-written assignment! Mrs. M
 * Setting**
 * Chapter 1**:
 * Each character invited to Indian Island is introduced into the book and each character's thoughts are read which gives information about their past and why they are coming to Indian Island.
 * An old man tells Mr.Blore that the day of judgement is almost at hand. I think this statement is giving us a hint and saying that Mr.Blore or someone else is going to die.
 * Chapter 2**:
 * In this chapter the ten little indian poem is introduced which will later be used by the guests to show how the next person will be murdered.
 * The thoughts of each character are written in this chapter too. The author almost makes them seem like they all have something to hide which builds up the suspense and makes the book very exciting.
 * Chapter 3**:
 * After dinner all the guests go into the drawing room and as they are sitting down they hear a voice on a record accusing everyone of a murder and then saying when the murder was committed.
 * Mrs.Rogers faints after she hears the voice on the record and is given drugs by Dr.Armstrong to make her sleep.
 * Chapter 4**:
 * Each character gives an explanation of why they were accused of a murder, but Emily Brent refuses to say a word about it.
 * Tony Martson dies by drinking a poisoned drink.
 * Chapter 5**:
 * In the dining room Mr.Rogers notices that there are nine little indian figures when there used to be ten.
 * Dr.Armstrong concludes that the drink was poisoned and they think that Tony Martson commits suicide because he poured his own glass and none of the other glassed were poisoned.
 * Chapter 6**:
 * In the morning, Mr.Rogers is terrified because he cannot wake his wife up from sleeping. Dr.Armstrong concluded that Mrs.Rogers is dead and she might have died fom an overdose in sleeping pills.
 * Mr.Rogers notices that there are only eight little indian figures left on the table.
 * Chapter 7**:
 * Lombard notices that the ten little indian poem corresponds with the deaths Mrs.Rogers and Tony Martson.
 * All the guests agree that Mr.Owen is on the island and they will go searching for him soon.
 * Chapter 8**:
 * Some of the guests go out on the island and search for Mr.Owen, but they don't find anything because there aren't a lot of hiding places on the island since it is bare rock.
 * The guests conclude that there is no one on the island except them.
 * Chapter 9**:
 * Dr.Armstrong tells all the guests that General Macarthur has been murdered by being hit in the head with a heavy object.
 * The guests notice that there are only seven indian statues on the table.
 * Chapter 10**:
 * Mr.Rogers announces that a curtain made of scarlet oilsilk has gone missing.
 * Mr.Rogers locks the door to the dining room so that none of the little indian statues can be taken in the night.
 * Chapter 11**:
 * Vera discovers that another little indian statue is missing form the dining room table.
 * The guests find Mr.Rogers in the shed with a big bloody welt on the back of his head. Mr.Rogers was cutting wood when he was hit in the back of the head with an axe.
 * Chapter 12**:
 * Emily Brent has been murdered by being injected with a hypodermic syringe.
 * Dr.Armstrong admits that there is a syringe in his medical bag. The guests go upstairs to see the stringe, but to their surprise it is missing from the medical case.
 * Chapter 13**:
 * Vera is terrified by a stream of seaweed hanging down from her ceiling when it touches her.
 * During all the commotion, the murderer kills Wargrave by shooting him through the head. He is dressed up like a judge with a scarlet oilsilk curtain around him and a judges wig on him.
 * Chapter 14**:
 * Mr.Blore goes out of his room during the night and sees a figure going out the door. Blore checks all the rooms and sees that Dr.Armstrong is missing from his room. Mr.Blore and Mr.Lombard go searching for Dr.Armstrong on the island, but it seems he has vanished from the island.
 * The remaining three guests notice that there are only three little indian dolls on the table.
 * Chapter 15**:
 * Mr.Blore's head has been crushed by a marble clock thrown off of Vera's bedroom balcony.
 * Vera and Lombard find Dr.Armstrong's body between two rocks down at the sea.
 * Chapter 16**:
 * Vera picks Lombard's pocket and gets the revolver. Vera points the gun at him and shoots him when he tries to lunge at her.
 * Vera goes to her room and notices that there is a chair and a rope in her room. She remembers the last line of the poem and without thinking she stands on the chair, puts her head in the rope, and then kicks away the chair and killing herself.

Assignment #3: Chapter 3 12/3/09

Vera Claythorne came to Indian Island to become a temporary secretary to Mrs.Owen because her regular secretary is ill. Vera supposedly murdered one of the children she was taking care of by letting him drown in the ocean.
 * Vera Claythorne**

Mr.Justice Wargrave was a judge, but retired for he is quite old. Mr.Justice Wargrave is accused with the murder of Edward Seton, but the retired Judge explained that it was the law and he had to give Seton the death penalty.
 * Mr.Justice Wargrave**

General Macarthur was a respected and honorable general in the army. He is accused with the murder of Arthur Richmond. Macarthur later said to Vera Claythorne right before he was murdered that he had murdered Arthur Richmond and he didn't have any regret.
 * General Macarthur**

Dr.Armstrong is a rich doctor that was accused with the murder of Louisa Mary Clees. He had killed this lady by doing a surgery while he was intoxicated.
 * Dr.Armstrong**

Miss Emily Brent is a very proper women that reads the bible every day. Emily Brent is accused with the murder of Beatrice Taylor. Patrick- Again, some good descriptions of the characters using good sentence structure. One minor mistake - Bible always gets capitalized. Mrs. M
 * Miss Emily Brent**

Chapter 2 Questions Foreshadowing

1. I think that the ten little indian poem is a foreshadowing of what will happen to each guest in the house. I read a little bit farther and one of the people in the house died of choking on something and that is how one of the little indians died. "Ten little Indian boys went out to dine, One choked his little self and then there were nine."

2."Queer business when you come to think of it-the whole thing was queer-very queer...." I think that this is a foreshadowing that something weird might happen throughout the week the group is at Indian Island.

3."No, she wouldn't remember.... She would //not// think of it! All that was over...." This is an example of foreshadowing because the opposite happened when they were eating dinner in the dining room. Mrs.Rogers played the record that accused everyone of a murder and obviously brought back horrible memories of the incident.

4. "That fellow Lombard now, he was a queer chap. Not straight. He'd swear the man wasn't straight." I think this is a foreshadowing that Lombard will do something or turn out to be someone very weird later in the book.

Before Chapter 1
 * = how does a mystery novel differ from a narrative?- A mystery book is a more exciting book and it builds up alot of suspense and that is why they are my favorite books to read. =
 * = how might the title be a clue to the story?- The title gives a clue by telling us there will be a group of people in the beginning of the story, but in the end they all get killed. =

something that you think might happen- I think in this story there will be a group of people and one person in this group will be a killer and they have to figure out who it is before the killer strikes again.

Patrick- Some good insights in your answers. Suspense is definitely a part of mystery novels. Does the title really give you a clue that there is a group of people? I'm not sure I agree with that. Check for run-on sentences. Check that singular pronouns are consistent with singular nouns; the same is true for plural pronouns and plural nouns. Be sure and link this page to the page with the prompts.

Mrs. M