They were the first two to die because Wargrave knew that Marston had no morals and Mrs. Nine little Indian boys sat up very late One overslept himself and then there were eight” (22). Rogers dies second, during her slumber, “Ten little Indian boys went out to dine One choked his little self and then there were nine. Marston dies first instantly by poison and Mrs. He chose to follow a children’s poem that corresponded with each person’s death, “A childish rhyme of my infancy came back into my mind-the rhyme of the ten little Indian boys”(196). Wargrave also chooses carefully for those who dies first and how they die-as he wanted to stay true to the nursery rhyme, “The order of death upon the island had been subjected by me to special thought and care”(199), “Those whose guilt was the lightest should, I decided, pass out first, and not duffer the prolonged mental strain and fear that the more cold-blooded offenders were to suffer”(199). Tomas and Ethel Rogers were chosen because of letting their former employer die Emily Brent was chosen for the death of her servant who was fired because of her pregnancy. After hearing gossip about General Macarthur, he starts to track him. Armstrong as he operated on a patient while he was intoxicated, killing her. He chooses Vera Claythorn because she drowned a child for her own selfish reasons, “You see, she did it more or less for me…”(198). He chooses Philip Lombard and Anthony “Tony” Marston because he believed that those who did not feel any guilt for taking lives of others were dangerous, “His complete callousness and inability to feel any responsibility for the lives he had taken made him, I considered, a type dangerous to the community and unfit to live” (197). When he learned about those who got away with murder, he decided to lure them into the island. He only wanted to punish those who were guilty of a crime, “It is abhorrent to me that an innocent person or creature should suffer or die by any act of mine”(194). But side by side with this went a contradictory trait-a strong sense of justice” (194). I remember experiments with wasps-with various garden pests… From an early age I knew very strongly the lust to kill. Wargrave was filled with desire to commit murder at an early age as well as enforcing justice, “I have a definite sadistic delight in seeing or causing death. Vera is convinced that Lombard is the murder and shoots him before hanging herself after returning to her room with a noose waiting for her.īehind all these deaths was Judge Wargrave himself. Blore is killed when a marble statue is pushed out of a window, crushing him. Armstrong was tricked by Wargrave and got pushed into the ocean and drowned. Armstrong to fake his death to spy on the murder. After breakfast, Emily Brent was found dead due to her neck being injected with poison. Rogers was found dead due to sharp object hitting his head. General Macarthur stays behind and soon dies after from a blow in the back of his head while looking out at the ocean. Armstrong plan a search for the island in hopes of finding the mysterious Mr. Rogers was found dead due to an overdose of a sedative. Spooked, the group retreats to their rooms and almost everyone had been consumed with guilt and memories of their murder. Anthony “Tony” Marston, chokes on his whiskey that had been poisoned and dies. Comparing the notes they had received, everyone came to the conclusion that none of them actually know who Mr. After dinner, the guest had began talking together, until suddenly, an inhuman voice comes from the gramophone accusing each person on the island with a specific crime they had committed in the past. Owen, who was expected to arrive the next day, had been missing. After all the guests had successfully arrived safely at the island, the host, Mr. Rogers have all been invited to Indian Island as guests or were hired by Mr. Armstrong, Emily Brent, General Macarthur, Anthony “Tony” Marston, Judge Wargrave, Mr. Philip Lombard, William Blore, Vera Claythorne, Dr. Judge Wargrave takes the role of the leader of the group, who invites, murders, and punishes those who had committed crimes in the past. All ten guests had been brought together for a specific reason they had all committed a crime in the past. They are all trapped and one of them is a murderer. And Then There Were None, is a murder mystery novel written by Agatha Christie where ten strangers are invited stay at a mansion on Indian Island. People can take the lead in a rough situation and still be the one who made the situation rough. Agatha Christie, English writer, once said, “Very few of us are what we seem”.
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