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November 1, 2010

Individual ** Assignment #4: Chapters 1-6 Due Wednesday, November 3 ** ** Setting ** Time and Place ** Chapter 1 ** The characters arrive at Sticklehaven off the coast of Devon, intent on traveling to Indian Island, which has been in the news lately because it is surrounded by mystery.  · The main characters wonder about the people they meet, and are excited at the chance to spend a week at this luxurious island.
 * Put a new line between assignments #3 and #4.
 * Put your answer ABOVE the previous assignment.
 * Copy this assignment to your page.
 * Add the date above this assignment.
 * Start a plot line. Identify the setting first.
 * Add two or three key events from each chapter that we have read - chapters 1-6 – reflecting on the rising action.
 * Identify each chapter and put the two or three events as complete sentences under the chapter number.
 * For example:

** Chapter 2 **

Two or three bulleted sentences explaining your events.

The story takes place in the early 1930s in Indian Island, off the coast of Devon.
 * Setting **

**Chapter 1** The characters are individually arriving to the Devon coast, where they will take a boat to Indian Island. Each character is reflecting over the invitational letter they received to come to the island.

Fred Narracott takes all the main characters, except for Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, over to the island. He notices that this is a very strange group because everyone is so diverse. Vera sees a nursery rhyme framed above her mantelpiece titled "T en Little Indians". It is about ten little Indian boys, who all die of different causes until there are none left.
 * Chapter 2 **

Immediately following dinner, Mr. Rogers plays a record titled "Swan Song". Instead of the music he was expecting from the record, it is a recording of a mysterious voice accusing each of the characters of a different murder. Mrs. Rogers faints after hearing the Voice. After hearing about a few characters' letters, Justice Wargrave figures out that everyone's letter was from someone with the name "U. N. Owen", or "Unknown".
 * Chapter 3**

Everybody explains each of their accusations. Except for Phillip Lombard and Anthony Marston, everybody leaves out many details of their crime so that it sounds like they are innocent. Mrs. Brent is the only person who does not explain herself. Anthony Marston gulps down his drink and chokes. He slides off his chair and stops breathing.
 * Chapter 4**

After Dr. Armstrong examines Marston's body, he realizes that he is dead. All of the signs point to poisoning by cyanide. Even though Anthony Marston was happy, young man, everybody assumes he committed suicide and poisoned himself. Rogers realizes that one of the ten china figures on the dining room table is gone, just like Marston too is gone. When she is alone in her room, Vera notices that Marston died according to the first part of the nursery rhyme. ("Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; one choked his little self and then there were nine.")
 * Chapter 5**

Mrs. Rogers will not wake. Mr. Rogers sends for Dr. Armstrong, who checks he over and exclaims she is dead. The motor boat that usually provides the island with supplies from the mainland does not come. Rogers sees that there are only eight china figures now remain on the dining room table, just like only eight people remain on the island.
 * Chapter 6**

Good details for the plot line; the main events are covered! Mrs. M

Emily Brent explains to Vera about Beatrice Taylor, the girl she was accused of killing**.** Emily admits that the way she treated Beatrice drove her to killing herself. Phillip Lombard, Dr. Armstrong, and William Blore begin to search the island for U.N. Owen.
 * Chapter 7**

General Macarthur predicts that none of the guests would leave the island alive. After searching everywhere on the island, from the cliffs to the house, Blore, Armstrong, and Lombard find no one besides the eight people they already knew were there.
 * Chapter 8**

When Armstrong goes to fetch the general for lunch, he finds him dead by the sea. Sure enough, there are now only seven Indian china dolls on the dining room table. Because of Lombard, Blore, and Armstrong's failure to find U.N. Owen, the judge figures that this mystery millionaire and lunatic killer must be one of the eight guests — and that means //everyone// is a suspect.
 * Chapter 9**

Everyone has their suspicions as to who the killer could be. When Emily Brent is writing in her journal, she writes unknowingly, "The murderer's name is Beatrice Taylor."
 * Chapter 10**

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Blore, Lombard, and Vera are the only ones left. Blore goes into the house for food and is found dead. A clock shaped like a bear had crushed him. Lombard and Vera find Armstrong's body wedged between two rocks by the sea.
 * Chapter 15**

Vera is scared, and so she steals Lombard's gun. She figures he is the killer and shoots him with it. CLIMAX- Vera is now the only one left. She goes to her room, finds a hook and a chair, and hangs herself. I don't think the climax is when Vera hangs herself...since she's the only one left and the nursery rhyme suggests the hanging, it is not the turning point. When Judge Wargrave is found dead, all the characters become crazed; their rational leader is now gone. They act more illogical and distrustful of each other, looking for ways to blame others and/or to build cases against each other. All semblance of civilization starts to disappear as they eat out of tin cans, try not to be alone, and watch each other's every step. But you made a good guess. Mrs. M Two detectives, Sir Thomas Legge and Inspector Maine, go through each island guest's indictment. They try to but do not solve the mystery.
 * Chapter 16**
 * Epilogue**

The murderer throws a bottle out to sea explaining the details of the murders at Indian Island. We learn that even though all the other guests were guilty, Wargrave was not. Wargrave found out about each of the other guests' murders in a variety of ways. We learn how the murderer committed each of the homicides at Indian Island. The killer is Justice Lawrence Wargrave.
 * Manuscript**

October 31, 2010
 * Add the date at the top of your page.
 * Add your answers to the TOP of your page under the date.
 * Choose five characters from the story,
 * Write two sentences telling what you know about him or her.
 * ** BOLD ** the character's name and write your sentences about that character right underneath his or her name

**Vera Claythorne-**
 * She was a young teacher, secretary, and ex-governess, who takes mostly secretarial jobs since her last job as a governess ended in the death of her charge.
 * She let young Cyril Hamilton swim out to sea and drown so that his uncle, Hugo Hamilton, could inherit his money and marry her; however, the plan backfired, as Hamilton abandoned her when he suspected what she had done.

**Justice Lawrence Wargrave-**
 * He received an invitation to Indian Island from Constance Culmington, who was an old friend of his.
 * Wargrave was guilty of murdering Edward Seton.

**Anthony Marston-**
 * ** He is a rich, spoiled, good-looking man with a well-proportioned body, crisp hair, tanned face, and blue eyes, who is known for his reckless driving. **
 * ** He is accused by the Voice of killing two children, John and Lucy Combes. **

**General MacArthur-**
 * ** He is a retired World War I general, who sent his wife's lover, Arthur Richmond (also a soldier in the war), to his death by assigning him to a "suicide" mission. **
 * ** He fatally exclaims that no one will leave the island alive. **

**Mrs. Ethel Rodgers-**
 * She is the cook and wife of Mr. Rodgers, being described as a pale-faced, ghostlike woman with shifty light eyes, who always looks terrified.
 * Despite her respectability and efficiency, she was obliged to help her husband, Thomas, to kill their former employer, Miss Jennifer Brady.

Another well-done group assignment. Mrs. M

Assignment #2 Due October 22
 * Put a line above Assignment #1; #2 will go above assignment #1.
 * Read chapter two.
 * Choose one of the following: suspense or foreshadowing.
 * With your small group, find four examples of suspense OR foreshadowing in chapter two.
 * Each member of your group must write on his or her WIKI page the exact wording from the book - that means type the sentences exactly as they are written.
 * Then, in a well-written paragraph, explain why these sentences clearly show either suspense or foreshadowing.
 * Read chapter three for Monday, October 25.

Suspense: "Queer business (taking so many diverse people to the island) when you came to think of it — the whole thing was queer — very queer...." (p. 26) "One little Indian boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none." (p. 31) "Nobody had been exactly cordial to him.... Funny the way they all eyed each other — as though they //knew//...." (p. 36) "He glanced up at the framed nursery rhyme over the mantelpiece. Neat touch, having that there!" (p. 36)

In Chapter 2, there are many examples of suspense. We all agree that these examples really keep the reader interested in the story. Although we have not been introduced to the mystery in this story yet, these suspenseful happenings help the mystery to evolve.

The first example we found was when Fred Narracott is taking the group over to Indian Island for their stay. He thinks to himself, "Queer business (taking so many diverse people to the island) when you came to think of it — the whole thing was queer — very queer...." This is suspenseful because if Mr. and Mrs. Owens are indeed wealthy, then why would they invite such a diverse group of people, who are both rich and poor?

Another example of suspense is when Vera Claythorne looks over the main fireplace. She then sees a poem. The last line of the nursery rhyme said, "One little Indian boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none." We felt that this was suspenseful because it partly made reason to the book's title. However, we do not yet know the significance of this poem. That is up for the reader to guess. Perhaps Mr. Blore knows what this poem means, because page 36 states, "Nobody had been exactly cordial to him.... Funny the way they all eyed each other — as though they //knew//...." We agree that this a great example of suspense. It leads the reader to question, "What does he know that the others don't?"

The last example of suspense we used was also when Mr. Blore was thinking, and then he sees the nursery rhyme Vera Clayborne previously saw. "He glanced up at the framed nursery rhyme over the mantelpiece. Neat touch, having that there!" (p. 36) This thought of his is probably the best example of suspense in Chapter 2. If Mr. Blore thinks this is such a "neat touch", does he have any insight as to what the poem means? Why does he think it is such a neat touch?

As you can now see, this chapter is filled with suspense. We believe there are so many examples because this chapter is pivotal to building the rest of the story. If the reader is not hooked by Chapter 1, he would certainly be now, due to Chapter 2's extreme suspense.

Your group chose quotes wisely; explanations are well-done as well. Mrs. M

Questions for Week 1: (October 19, 2010)
 * = how does a mystery novel differ from a narrative? =
 * = how might the title be a clue to the story? =

First Question- A mystery novel is much different from a narrative for many reasons. Perhaps the strongest difference between the two is that with a mystery novel, there has to be a very distinct exposition, rising action, climax, and falling action. With narratives, sometimes those points in the story can be difficult to spot. Another difference is that mystery novels are usually more interactive than a narrative. Throughout the entire story, the author keeps the reader wondering what is going to happen next and trying to solve the given mystery. On the other hand, narratives often are all about the narrator and main characters, instead of engaging the audience as much as a mystery novel.

Second Question- The title //And Then There Were None// leads me to believe that many, if not all, of the main characters in this story will die. I can also infer that those characters' deaths will be murders, because of the suspense and mystery a reader can connect from the story's title.

Good explanations, Maddie. Check your links. You should have one link to the 'here' page, and a hot link back to your student page as well. Your current link is not 'hot'. Mrs. M