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home assignment page NDIVIDUAL Edward (Dr.) Armstrong Emily Brent William Henry Blore Vera Claythorne Philip Lombard General Macarthur Anthony Marston Thomas (Mr.) Rogers Ethel (Mrs.) Rogers Lawrence (Justice)Wargrave
 * ** LAST ASSIGNMENT #7!!! **
 * Look for pictures that reflect how you think each character looks. These can be current or past movie stars, current or past actors and/or actresses, or pictures you draw that reflect the images of the characters.
 * Create a collage with these pictures, putting the character's name under his or her picture. You may decide what materials to use for your collage. THE COLLAGE MAY NOT BE BIGGER THAN A 12 X 18 SHEET OF PAPER. These will NOT be posted on the WIKI.
 * Be creative! Have fun with this assignment. It will be interesting to see how everyone pictures each character.
 * ** Due date: Wednesday, November 17. **

//ASSIGNMENT #6!!!//

// Individual ** Assignment #5: Chapters 1-14 (Due date to be determined). ** //
 * // FINISH THE PLOT LINE - ADD TWO OR THREE EVENTS FOR THE MANUSCRIPT AND THE EPILOGUE! //
 * // IDENTIFY THE EVENT THAT YOU THINK IS THE CLIMAX! //
 * // DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15. //

// Individual ** Assignment #4: Chapters 1-6 Due Wednesday, November 3 ** //
 * // Keep adding two or three events per chapter to your plot line as chapters are assigned. Do not go beyond Chapter 14 as some students have not finished reading those chapters. //
 * // Write these events under assignment #4, highlighting the chapters and adding bulleted sentences for the events. //

// ** Setting ** //
 * // 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: //

// 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. //

// ** Chapter 2 ** //

// Two or three bulleted sentences explaining your events. //

//Setting:Indian Island in Devon, early 1900s//

//Chapter 1// //The characters travel to Sticklehaven, Devon, and are about to travel to the mysterious Indian Island for different reasons. They are excite of the fact that they are going to be staying at the luxurious and mysterious Indian Island while they wonder about the people they meet.//

//Chapter 2// //We, the readers, learn more about the characters and why they came. The characters travel to Indian island by means of boat. Then, Vera reads a mysterious poem that the whole group will eventually discover in their room that foretells the nightmares and mysteries about ten little Indians that are about to unfold on the island. Furthermore, Emily Brent reads a Bible passage that also gives us a glimpse into the future. The message of this passage is that the wicked shall be turned into hell.//

//Chapter 3// //Everybody goes and dines together when a gramophone plays giving accusations to each of the characters and a murder they have committed. Nobody understands, yet everybody states that they the accusations were false. Mrs. Rogers even fainted! So the group tries to figure out who the Mr.Owen is and why Mr. Rogers was commanded by him to play this record titled// Swan Song.

//Chapter 4// //The characters still don's quite understand who the Unknown ( Mr. U.N. Owen) person is. Each of them explain their accusation and state that their accusation was completely ridiculous and false (except for Emily Brent who won't explain the murder she was involved in). suddenly, Marston takes a drink and falls to the ground choking.//

//Chapter 5// //Dr. Armstrong confirms that Marston is dead due to the Cyanide in his drink. They can't quite figure out if the death was suicide or homocide.// //Strangely, there are only nine china indians instead of the ten that were there when they first arrived.//

//Chapter 6// //In the morning after Marston's death, Mr. Rogers is frantically shaking Dr. Armstrong saying that he can's get her to wake up. Dr. Armstrong confirms the death of Mrs. Rogers. Mr. Rogers isn't terribly sad though, which is strange because his wife just died. The eight remaining people discuss causes of Mrs. Rogers unexplained death. Now, there are only eight china Indians in the dining hall!//

//Chapter 7// //Finally, Emily Brent explains the accusation that she would not tell anyone about to Vera. We learn Emily Brent's hardness on a girl she took into care drove the girl to suicide. Armstrong and Lombard decide that they will go looking for the murderer on the island because Marston and Mrs. Rogers had no reason to commit suicide.//

//Chapter 8// //Armstrong, Lombard, and Blore go looking on the island for the hideout of the murderer. They conclude that there is nobody on the island but themselves. Vera goes and talks to the dazed Macarthur who keeps saying none of them will ever get off the island. He also admits that he sent Arhur Richmond, his wife's lover, to the front lines of a battle to die. Talking to Vera, it sounds like he is happy to die in the near future.//

//Chapter 9// //General Macarthur was beaten to death and is the third to die in this mystery novel. So the seven people discuss the murders and conclude the murder is one of them.//

//Chapter 10// //Miss Brent is starting to write strange things in her diary that make the reader think she is going mad. Mr. Rogers takes the china indians in the pantry and locks the pantry so nobody can get in and smash a figurine.//

//Chapter 11// //The group wakes up not knowing where Mr. Rogers is. Then, Vera spots that there are only six figurines on the table in the dining room. Rogers was found dead in the wash house. He was hit in the back of the head with an axe. Also, Blore admits to framing Landor,an innocent man, and ultimately sending him to prison where he would spend the rest of his life.//

//Chapter 12// //In this chapter, Emily Brent gets injected with Cyanide. Corresponding with the poem, a dead bee was left beside Brent on the ground. The group takes all of their potential weapons and locks them in a silver chest in the pantry.//

//Chapter 13// //Vera had an aching headache and decided to go take a cold bath. Then, while in her room, she thought she felt a cold clammy hand like the boy she had "drowned". After all the screaming that was done, it turned out actually seaweed hanging down from the ceiling. Everybody, ran upstairs to see what the fuss was about when Wargrave was left behind and shot.//

//Chapter 14// //Lombard's revolver that was supposedly stolen, was found by him in the very same place that it was before it was stolen. While in her bed, Vera looks at the hook where the seaweed was hung from and din't like the look of it. Blore hears footsteps moving down the stairs and wakes the others to see who that person might have been and get some help looking for that person. Turns out, Armstrong isn't in his room.// //By this time, there are only three china indians on the table in the hall.//

//Chapter 15// //Vera Claythorne thinks that Armstrong is the killer and is still on the island according to the poem. Lombard and Vera find Blore's head crushed by a block of marble shaped like a bear. Now, they both believe Armstrong is the killer. Then, they find Armstrong's body drowned and wedged between two rocks.//

//Chaper 16// //The only two people on the island they think are just themselves. Lombard believes that Vera is the killer while Vera believes Lombard is the killer. While they were pulling Armstrong's body out from the rocks, Vera grabs the gun from Lombard's pocket and shoots him in the heart.// //Vera went back to the house, into the room, and felt Hugo's presence there. She found also a rope hanging from the hook and a chair underneath it. She then hangs herself and the last indian doll in her hand breaks when she drops.//

//CLIMAX// //Vera Claythorn hangs herself and the last indian doll breaks when it fell from her hand. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE.//

//__Epilogue__// //*Sir Thomas Legge and Inspector Maine are detectives on this case// //*They look at the facts and know for certain (1)Wargrave was innocent (2) nobody else had ever been charged for murder (3) the order of the deaths// //*They cannot figure out who could have killed them//

//__Manuscript__// //In this note that he cast out to sea in a bottle, Wargrave explains that he was born with the attraction of killing. As he got older, his lust became so great, that he had to make a grand murder. Wargrave was the last one to out of the ten to survive in this mystery novel. He faked his murder by placing red paint on his head to make it look like he was dead. Then, he slowly killed off every one of them. Once each of the victims had perished, he shot himself. What is interesting, though, is that he was going to die soon after he committed suicide due to medical problems. One of his last notes is that he hardly believes the police will ever figure uncover the murderer, himself.//

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE//

Nice job, Reagan. Your summaries are very well written.

Now, what about the climax? At what point in the story does the mood change? Any ideas? Mrs. M

October 25 Assignment #3: Chapter 3 : Due Wednesday, October 27 Example: · ** Very Claythorne ** Sentence #1 about Vera Claythorne Sentence #2 about Vera Claythorne
 * Put a new line between assignments #2 and #3.
 * Copy the assignment to your page. ( the red print )
 * 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.

He killed John and Lucy Combes by running over them. He was a young and attractive man and was at the prime of his life.
 * **Vera Claythorne**
 * On August 11, 1935 she killed Cyril Ogilvie Hamilton. She was once a gym teacher at a poor school and came to Indian Island to be a secretary
 * **Justice Wargrave**
 * On June 10, 1930, he was guilty of the murder of Edward Seton. Wargrave was invited to the island by an old friend.
 * Anthony Marston**

On January 4, 1917, he killed Arthur Richmond. Macarthur deliberately sent him to the front lines of a battle because he was his wife's lover.
 * John Gordon Macarthur**

On May 6, 1929, Jennifer Brady was helped killed by him. He came to the island as a butler.
 * Thomas Rogers**

October 21 Assignment #2 Due October 22 FORSHADOW
 * Put a line above Assignment #1; assignment #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.

Example 1 pg 31. Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little Indian boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little Indian boys traveling in Devon; One said he'd stay their and then there were seven. Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six. Six little Indian boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little indian boys got into law; One got in Chancery and then there were four. Four little indian boys went to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three little indians walked into a zoo; A bear hugged one and then there were two. Two little indians sat in the sun; One frizzled up and then there was one. One little Indian boy left all alone, He went and hanged himself and then there were none.

Example 2 pg 33 There was something magical about an island - the mere word suggested fantasy. You lost touch with the world - and island was a world of its own. A world, perhaps, from which you might never return.

Example 3 pg unknown The heathen are sunk down to the pit that they have made; in the net which they hit is their own foot taken. The Lord is known by the judgement which he executed; the wicked snared in the work of his own hands. The wicked shall be turned into hell.

Example 4 pg unkown Funny the way they all eyed each other as though they knew......

Though some examples are clearer than others, each of the passages from the book show foreshadowing in the nearing pages of this suspenseful book. The poem in the first example shows vaguely how each person who travels to the island will die. In the second example, the passage foreshadows that none of the people who travel to the island are completely safe and some might not come back. The third example states that each of the travelers have a dark secret foreshadowing that they will be payed justice. Finally, the last example shows everyone knows each other has a dark secret and that causes suspicion of one another in the group of ten travelers.

10/19
 * = how does a mystery novel differ from a narrative? =
 * = how might the title be a clue to the story? =

A narrative is a book based on not the book itself, but rather the telling of a book and its events. The narrative gives you certain ideas and events in the book while keeping the novel interesting. Contrasting, a mystery novel is about an unknown event(s) or idea(s) that the reader must figure out themselves or the author will reveal during the last few chapters of the book. Usually, it keeps you reading with a hint of what is going to occur next while a narrative sort of does that but in a way that is more obvious to the reader when stating or hinting what will happen next and/or when or where it will happen. A title will sometimes be a clue to the story being read. Many times it foretells what will happen at the climax in the book allowing you to understand the beginning of the book more and giving you the ability to make a mental note of something you wouldn't of thought was important unless you payed attention to the title. Also, the reader may still be confused by the end of the book and will be missing a key clue they have not figured out yet, but the title will hint into that clue.

The last sentence of the first chapter provokes the reader to not put down this alluring book. Mr. Jusitice Wargrave senses the day of judgement is at hand for Mr. Blore even though Mr. Blore doesn't believe him. The hint was the final sentence stating that Mr. Blore was definately wrong about not believing Wargrave telling me that Mr. Blore will probably cease to exist in a few days.