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November 2, 2010- Assignment Four ** 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. ** Chapter 2 ** Two or three bulleted sentences explaining your events.
 * 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:


 * Setting**
 * The story takes place on Indian Island which is off the coast of Devon in England. The story is set around the 1930s or early 1940s.


 * Chapter 1**
 * The characters all head to Indian Island for different reasons.
 * Some received letters from old friends, some were hired for jobs, and some received letters and were intrigued by the mystery that surrounds the island.


 * Chapter 2**
 * The characters arrive at Indian Island and are impressed by the house.
 * The Owens, the supposed owners of the island, are not there.
 * Vera Claythorne notices the nursery rhyme "Ten Little Indians" on a mantelpiece in her room.


 * Chapter 3**
 * After dinner, a mysterious voice informs the guests of what they have been charged guilty with; all the crimes were murders.
 * Mrs. Rogers is hysterical and faints after hearing her accusation.
 * Mr. Justice Wargrave thinks that they were all invited to the island by a madman, probably a homicidal lunatic.


 * Chapter 4**
 * All the characters try to explain to the group about how they did not really cause the murder of who they were accused of.
 * Miss Emily Brent does not try to defend herself in front of the group; she says she did nothing wrong.
 * The characters decide that they will leave the island in Fred Narracott's boat the next morning.


 * Chapter 5**
 * Anthony Marston chokes on his drink and dies. ("Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine.")
 * The group thinks that Anthony committed suicide by putting poison in his drink.
 * Everyone was hesitant to go to bed because they were shaken up by Anthony's death

Michaela - Good summaries of the chapters. Mrs, M
 * Chapter 6**
 * Mr. Rogers wakes Dr. Armstrong and has her look at Mrs. Rogers who will not wake up; Armstrong confirms that she is dead. ("Nine little Indian boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight.")
 * The boat run by Fred Narracott never shows up, which is unusual because it does every morning.
 * Mr. Rogers is upset and informs Dr. Armstrong that there are only eight Indian figures on the dining room table when there were ten Indian figures when they first arrived.


 * Chapter 7**
 * Emily Brent and Vera Claythorne take a walk to the summit again to watch for the boat (which still does not show up), and Emily Brent talks to Vera about her accusation; she said it was not her fault that Beatrice Taylor committed suicide by throwing herself into a river.
 * Armstrong and Lombard discuss the deaths, and Lombard concludes that Anthony Marston was murdered because two suicides in a row are very unlikely.
 * Armstrong recites the first two lines of the Ten Little Indians poem, and Lombard thinks it is more than a coincidence.


 * Chapter 8**
 * Dr. Armstrong, Phillip Lombard, and Mr. Blore decide to search the island for Mr. Owen, but they do not find anyone.
 * General Macarthur confesses to Vera that he did indeed send Richmond to his death, and he stares out to sea as he waits for his end.
 * The search party thinks the murderer is in the house, but when they do not find anyone there, they conclude that there is no one on the island but the eight guests.


 * Chapter 9**
 * During lunch, Dr. Armstrong ran in saying that General Macarthur was dead. ("Eight little Indian boys travelling in Devon; One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.")
 * Vera Claythorne returned to the dining room, and with Mr. Rogers, sees that there are only seven Indian figures on the table.
 * Dr. Armstrong says that Macarthur was hit in the head with something like a life preserver or a different weapon.
 * Justice Wargrave concludes the thing that had been in the back of all the character's minds, Mr. Owen was one of them.


 * Chapter 10**
 * Vera Claythorne and Phillip Lombard talk and discuss the situation, that all the deaths were murders.
 * Emily Brent is writing in a notebook, and she wakes up to find that she has written, "The murderer's name is Beatrice Taylor...."
 * Mr. Blore locks his door for the night, feeling confident that there will be no Indian tricks tonight.


 * Chapter 11**
 * Mr. Rogers is found dead from being hit in the back of the head with a big chopper. ("Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were none six.")
 * Vera Claythorne starts laughing hysterically about the next nursery rhyme, and Dr. Armstrong slaps her to calm her down.
 * Mr. Blore thinks Emily Brent is crazy; he thinks she is the criminal because she was walking around the island by herself as if she had nothing to fear.


 * Chapter 12**
 * Emily Brent died from injection from a hypodermic syringe, which felt like a bee sting. ("Six little Indian boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.")
 * Dr. Armstrong was the only person to bring a hypodermic syringe, but when he showed them were he kept it, it was missing.
 * Phillip Lombard tells the group he had brought a revolver, but when they looked in the drawer of his table where he kept it, it was gone.


 * Chapter 13**
 * Vera Claythorne goes into her room and starts screaming when a piece of seaweed touched her shoulder, thinking it was a clammy hand.
 * Blore, Armstrong, and Lombard ran to help Vera and realize that Wargrave was not with them.
 * They found Wargrave in the drawing-room, shot through the head, dressed in a scarlet robe with a judge's wig. ("Five little Indian boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four.")


 * Chapter 14**
 * When Lombard returned to his room for the night, he was surprised to find the revolver back in the drawer of the table next to his bed.
 * Mr. Blore hears someone walking around outside his room, so he wakes Lombard; they go in pursuit of the person, telling Vera to stay put.
 * Blore and Lombard return and tell Vera that Armstong has gone missing, and there are only three Indian figures left on the table.


 * Chapter 15**
 * The three remaining guests sat up on the cliffs in the morning until Mr. Blore got hungry; he went by himself to go get lunch.
 * Phillip Lombard and Vera Claythorne found Mr. Blore dead on the stone terrace, his head crushed by a bear-shaped clock dropped from Vera's window. ("Three little Indian boys walking in the Zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two.")
 * Vera and Lombard were pacing on the rock overlooking the sea, when they found the dead Dr. Armstrong, wedged between two rocks from the tide earlier that day. ("Four little Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.")


 * Chapter 16**
 * Vera Claythorne made Phillip Lombard help her move Dr. Armstrong's body from the rocks, and in doing so, pickpocketed his revolver and proceeded to shoot him through the heart. ("Two little Indian boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one.")
 * Vera walked back to her room, feeling that Hugo was there waiting for her, but first she took two of the remaining three Indian figures and threw them out the window.
 * She found a rope with a noose hanging from the hook in her ceiling and a chair in her room, so she dropped the last Indian figure she was holding, fixed the rope around her neck, and kicked the chair away. ("One little Indian boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none.")


 * Epilogue**
 * Sir Thomas Legge and Inspector Maine investigated the unsolved mystery of the deaths on Indian Island.
 * They know how all ten people died, (they were shot, hung, injections of poison, etc.) but they do not know how they all ended up dead.
 * The two know that each of the ten victims were involved in some kind of murder before the going to the island; they do not think all of them are guilty, that they were just a part of it.
 * After discussing the problem, the conclude that U.N. Owen had to be one of the ten guests.
 * By the end of the chapter, Legge and Maine have still not come up with a reasonable explanation, and it is hard to say if they ever will!


 * Manuscript**
 * This chapter is the confession of the murderer of Indian Island.
 * He explains how he came to select the victims; they were all guilty for murders in cases the court could not touch.
 * As for who died in what order, the guests with the lightest guilty would die first.
 * He confesses how he killed each of them and reveals that he had been in an alliance with Armstrong to fake his death, but then pushed Armstrong off a cliff.
 * He describes how he will shoot himself through the head so he is lying peacefully on his bed like all the other victims.
 * The chapter ends with, "And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved mystery on Indian Island. Signed, **Lawrence Wargrave**."

Michaela- You're right about the shocking part! However, the manuscript wraps up all the unanswered questions, so that is the resolution, or the summary of the entire story. Now, when does the story truly change direction? When do we see a downturn and characters being less rational? Once the 'leader' is 'dead', they have no one to give them direction; in the past, Judge Wargrave, along with Dr. Armstrong, has had the authority simply because the others have given it to him. Once he is out of the picture, there is less trust, more chaos, and less civilized behavior. So think again. which event is the climax? Just want to get you thinking!!! : . )
 * Climax**
 * The climax of this story was the whole Manuscript chapter, but the most shocking part was the very ending when Lawrence Wargrave revealed he was the killer.

Mrs. M

October 25, 2010- Assignment Three Example: · ** Very Claythorne ** Sentence #1 about Vera Claythorne Sentence #2 about Vera Claythorne
 * 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.


 * Mr. Justice Wargrave**
 * He is a retired judge that was invited to the island by a letter from Constance Culmington.
 * He is guilty of the murder of Edward Seton on June 10, 1930


 * Vera Claythorne**
 * She is a secretary, a gym teacher, and a part-time nanny.
 * She is said to have killed Cyril Hamilton on August 11, 1935.


 * Phillip Lombard**
 * He was hired by Mr. Isaac Morris, and he was given one hundred guineas to travel to Indian Island.
 * He is guilty of the death of twenty-one men, members of an East African tribe in February 1932.


 * Mr. Blore**
 * He is the only guest who has visited Indian Island before; he went there as a child.
 * He was said to have brought about the death of James Stephen Landor on October 10, 1928.

Good!
 * Miss Emily Brent**
 * She is sixty-five years old, old-fashioned, and says she always acts in accordance with the dictates of her conscience.
 * She was responsible for the death of Beatrice Taylor on November 5, 1931.

October 20, 2010- Assignment Two 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.

Response: Foreshadowing

Page 31- "One little Indian boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none."

The whole poem on page 31 is very foreshadowing, but I think the most important line is the last one. There are ten guests who are staying on Indian Island, and in the poem, there are ten little Indians. I think these ten phrases of the poem will decide what happens to each of the guests, which foreshadows the fate of the ten guests. Also, this is a clue because the story is called __And Then There Were None__.

Page 36- "Funny the way the eye each other--as though they //knew..."// -Mr. Blore

This is foreshadowing because Mr. Blore is indicating that he knows something the other guests do not. Also, in chapter one and some other occasions in chapter two, Mr. Blore hints to the reader that he has an insight about something terrible that is going to happen.

Page 26- "Queer business when you came to think of it--the whole thing was queer--very queer...." -Mr. Fred Narracott

This foreshadows that there is something that is not right about the group and the whole idea of Indian Island. Even Mr. Fred Narracott, the boat transporter, could realize that there was something off with the group when he did not really even know them.

Page 32 "Drowned....Found drowned....Drowned at sea....Drowned--drowned--drowned... No, she wouldn't remember....She would //not// think of it!" -Vera Claythorne

This is foreshadowing because it indicates the Vera might have had to do with someone drowning in her past. This might affect her fate in the story, especially because one of the ten little Indians phrases talks about "going out to sea."

Again, your group chose good examples that clearly show foreshadowing, Good job! Mrs, M

October 19, 2010- Assignment One
 * ===== ** how does a mystery novel differ from a narrative? ** =====
 * === ** how might the title be a clue to the story? ** ===

Response:

A mystery novel differs from a narrative in many ways. A mystery makes the reader ask questions and leaves them very confused at times, while a narrative is more straight forward and to the point. A mystery has a problem and hopefully in the end, a solution. Many characters are involved in mysteries, some examples are detectives, victims, or other important people. Narratives follow mostly one person, for it is narrated from one person's point of view.

Good observations regarding having questions to be answered in a mystery. Novels in general can make the reader ask questions, too. Mrs, M

The title, __And Then There Were None__, might be a clue to the story because since there are many characters in mysteries, eventually there will be no characters left, hence the title saying that there will be none. On the cover of the book, it says that the story is also published as __Ten Little Indians__. I think that there will be ten main characters and after different events in the story, there will be no one left because they have all been murdered or have disappeared. Another thing that catches my attention is that it "Indians" is in the title, and the characters are sent to Indian Island. I think that once they get to the island, they are going to face many problems that lead to their deaths or disappearances.