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And Then There Were None

November 3, 2010

Individual ** Assignment #4: Chapters 1-6 Due Wednesday, November 3 **
 * 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.


 * __ Setting __ -Indian Island in 1920-1930 **


 * __Chapter one__-** The author starts introducing characters in this chapter. They are all on a train and are going to come to Indian Island.


 * __Chapter two__-**The characters get off the train and go on to a boat which brings them to Indian Island. Then they get to the house and start meeting each other and the people who work there.


 * __Chapter three__-**They all sit down and have a meal and start to get to know each other. Then a voice comes over the loud-speaker and it says each persons name and then says the murder they are being convicted of.


 * __Chapter four__**-Each person gets a chance to defend themselves of the crime they are being convicted of. Then they all discuss what had happened through out the day when all of a sudden Tony Marston takes a drink of his wine, starts choking, and dies.


 * __Chapter five__-**The drink is looked at closely and it is determined that it was poisoned. Then Mr. Rogers goes to clean up the table and realizes that there are only nine Indian statues in stead of ten like there was before dinner.


 * __Chapter six__-**Everyone waits for the boat to come to the island so they can leave but it never comes. Everyone later realizes that there are only eight Indian statues on the table now. Mrs. Rogers dies in her sleep.

Liam - what you have for the first six chapters is good. This goes on 1st quarter, too. By now you should've continued your plot line through chapter 14 - which is one of the first assignments for 2nd quarter. Don't get yourself into a hole and then have to work your way out all quarter long. Get busy!!! Mrs. M

__**Chapter seven**-__ Everyone is trying to think of how each person died and how each person commited their murder. Then everyone still alive thinks of the poem and how it goes perfectly with the last two deaths.


 * __Chapter eight-__** Everyone is searching around the island for Macarthur. They fined him confused sitting by himself. Then they all start to think that there is a killer on the island.

__**Chaper nine-**__ Tempers start to flare. People are blaming each other for things like how they murdered their person. The they go through each person and see if it's possible that that person could be the murderer.

__**Chapter ten-**__ People start to take sides with each other and they start to predict who they think the murderer is.

__**Chapter eleven-**__ Rogers isn't up early like he usually is. People start to wonder where he is and then realize that there was a indian statue missing. They find his body and it had axe marks in it.

__**Chapter twelve-**__ Emily Brent dies. Everyone thinks it is because of some type of injection but they don't know where it would have come from. Also, they lock up anything that could be deadly.

__**Chaper thirteen-**__ Justice Wargrave fakes his death so that he cant be accused as being the killer.

__**Chapter fourteen-**__ Everyone who is still alive thinking about their murder that they commited. Also, another Indian figure is missing.

__**Chapter Fifteen-**__ Everyone starts to blame each other for being the murderer again. The three alive think that Armstrong is still alive and that he is the killer.

__**Chapter Sixteen-**__ Vera shoots Lombard. She then goes to her room and hangs her self because she thinks that's what Hugo wants.

__**Epilogue-**__ Detectives come and investigate what really happened. Then they find a letter from Wargrave that says he was the killer explains what happened.

__**Climax-**__ I think the climax would probably be when the first person dies because that is when the suspense comes into play and you start to ask youself questions. Or it could be when we find out that the killer is Wargrave because that explains everything and starts to make sense. Good job on finishing this up, Liam. Your idea of the climax being when the killing starts makes sense. However, when the first two killings happen, no one suspects anything out of the normal. They only start to get suspicious as the story moves forward. But who's death truly makes the story completely change? Up to this time, they have looked up to the Judge and Dr. Armstrong. Whose disappearance would make the most hysteria for the remaining guests? Yes, Judge Wargrave. Once he is 'dead', everyone becomes very suspicious of the other; there is lots of distrust and characters are on edge. Everything after his death starts the spiral downward and becomes the falling action. The manuscript nicely sums everything up; therefore, it is the resolution. Mrs. M

Vera Claythorne: Vera Claythorne killed Cyril Hamilton, because when Cyril was drowning, she deliberately swam slowly until she died, and "couldn't save him on time." Vera Claythorne has had flashbacks of the drowning incident, and seems very guilty. One correction - Cyril is a young boy. Mr. Blore seems to be the only guest who has been on the island before, and now he knows things, that seem like secrets hidden from the others**.** Mr. Blore used a fake name, which may have had something to do with his case of murder.
 * Sentence #1**
 * Sentence #2**
 * Mr. Blore:**
 * Sentence #1**
 * Sentence #2**

When Mrs. Rogers is first introduced to the guests, and walks Vera Claythorne up to her room, she is seen as a pale, ghostly figure who is very queer. Mrs. Rogers is held responsible for the death of Jennifer Brady.
 * Mrs. Rogers:**
 * Sentence #1**
 * Sentence #2**

She was responsible for the death of Beatrice Taylor. She is also very critical because she wants people to live up to her own standards of life. Excellent comment; she thinks she is above everyone else and uses the Bible to make her seem more virtuous than the others. She also does not admit to doing anything wrong in the death of Beatrice Taylor because of her self-rightiousness. Responsible for the death of Jennifer Brady. Mr. Rogers is a cook for the guests, and was also the person who set off the record on the gramophone, which were orders from Mr. Owen. Nice job, Liam. This is the quality of assignment I expect from you.
 * Emily Brent:**
 * Sentence #1**
 * Sentence #2**
 * Mr. Rogers:**
 * Sentence#1**
 * Sentence#2**

October 21, 2010

Assignment #2

Assignment #2 Due October 22
 * 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.

Suspense (Page 31) "The Indian Poem" The first example of suspense is when Vera Claythrone finds and reads the poem about the deaths of the Indians on Indian Island. Considering that the title of the book is __And Then There Were None__, we can infer that by the title of the book, something dreadful will happen, "And Then There Will Be None." This keeps you suspended for a while because it wants you to keep reading, so you can find out what happens to all the guests.

(Page 29) "Rogers" "She looks frightened of her own shadow. Yes, that was itfrightened! She looked like a women who walked in mortal fear..."

A second suspenseful moment occured when Vera thought was brought up to her room by a women with a ghostly figure. Vera had noticed her pale bloodless skin and queer light eyes that scanned the room. This offers a suspenseful feeling because it makes you shiver and feel that Mrs. Rogers is guilty of something and has to do with all of the queer feelings of the house.

(Page 32) "Drowning Experience" "The sea....So peaceful to day-sometimes cruel...The sea that dragged you down into its depths. Drowned.....Found drowned...Drowned at sea....Drowned-drowned-drowned" or "No, she would not remember....She would not think of it! All that was over..."

Oops! This assignment isn't finished, Liam. What happened? Mrs. M

A mystery book is always suspenseful. Its usually has a problem that people are trying to solve. People usually like to read these books because they want to figure out what is going to happen next so they keep on reading. You can usually tell if a book is a mystery from the cover or by the title. This title, //And Then There Were None,// gives away that it is going to be a mystery. A narrative comes from one persons point of view. It can be any kind of story while a mystery only has one kind of idea. The title is a clue to the story because it has a mysterious name to it. it gives you an idea of what is going to happen. I am predicting, that since the name is //And Then There Were None//, that it will have to do with people dying because after eveyone dies, there were none.
 * = how does a mystery novel differ from a narrative =
 * = how might the title be a clue to the story =

Your definitions for the narrative and the mystery genre make good sense; I like it that you feel that mystery books keep you reading. We'll have to find more good mystery books for you to read! Good prediction, Liam. We'll see if you are right. Mrs. M