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 Dylan Derstine


 * __And Then There Were None__**
 * By: Agatha Christie **

Following this after dinner Marston dies when he drinks poison that was placed in his drink. The remaining nine people then believe that they were brought here to pay for the murders they have committed. When they went to bed they noticed the song “Ten Little Soldiers” that is in each bedroom and it connects to the death of Marston. The next morning they find Mrs. Rodgers dead. They go to try and catch the boat to try and leave the island but then realized the boat wasn’t coming and they were trapped on the island. From here on someone else from the group would occasionally die and they began to think it was someone in the group killing everyone. Then they noticed that on a table there used to be 10 china figures and now there wasn’t. They figured out that the 10 figures represented them and that one was taking away whenever somebody was killed. Towards the end of the story Vera and Philip are the only ones left. Vera ends up stealing Philips gun and kills him because she doesn’t trust him and thinks he is the killer. She then makes her way back to the house and ends up hanging herself in her room from the responsibility of killing Philip, and to follow the last line in the story “Ten Little Soldiers. Police later discover this mystery on this island and are extremely confused. At the end of the story it all makes sense when they notice a bottle with a letter in it. It was a letter from Wargrave where he informs them that he was the killer. He always enjoyed punishing people for crimes they got away with such as murder. In the letter he claims he was dying so he planned this idea to kill these people that got away with murder. He also reveals that he faked his death in order for his plan to work. Characters ** Justice Wargrave: **Wargrave is a very smart and wise man. He used to be a judge and liked to punished people for crimes they have committed. He was the one that planned the whole trip and killed everyone because he thought they deserved it. Anthony Marston: **Marston is good looking young man. He committed a crime by running over two youths with his car which was a reason why he was chosen. Out of the ten strangers he was the first one to be killed. This starts the suspicion of the whole story. Vera Claythorne: **Vera used to be a governess and goes to Soldier Island thinking that she is going to be a secretary. Out of the ten guests she is the last one to survive other than Wargrave who was the killer and faked his death. She is also the one that reveals the “Ten Little Soldiers” song. Vera feels the most guiltiness throughout the story and at the end she follows up the song by hanging herself in her room. **Important Quotations ** **Themes and Symbols**
 * Plot Overview: **The book __And Then There Were None__ starts off with eight random people that were all invited to an island called Soldier Island. They were invited because they were assigned to a role to take care of a millionaire’s mansion or told they were visiting old friends. Solider Island is located just off the coast of Devon. The eight people consisted of Justice Wargrave, Vera Claythorne, William Blore, Emily Brent, Philip Lombard, Dr. Armstrong, Anthony Marston, and General Macarthur. These eight people meet when they get on a boat to get to Solider Island. None of people knew one another and weren’t really sure why they were going to this island. When they arrived at the island they were welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers who have been on the island ordered to take care of the house. The owner of the island Mr. Owen is said to arrive within the next few days. Their first night spent at the house they receive a voice recording reminding them of murders that each and everyone one of them have committed. The strangers then figure out that this whole thing is a scam and that Mr. Owens probably doesn’t even exist.
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 * Quote 1: ** pg. 41 “Who was it? Who was it? It wasn’t one of us.” This was said by Vera after they heard the strange recorded voice. Since none of them were talking and the voice knew everything about them, they all started to believe this whole thing was a scam. This is important because it raised the suspicion.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Quote 2: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">pg.131 “It is perfectly clear. Mr. Owens is one of us….” This quote points out that they figure out that the killer is within them. Suspicion raises even more and they begin not to trust one another.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Quote 3: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">pg. 236 “She kicked away the chair….” This quote was the last sentence of the story. It is important because Vera follows the “ten little soldiers” song and hangs herself. It represents the guilt she feels and expresses the theme of the book.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Theme: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> One major theme expressed in the book __And Then There Were None__ is guilt. Guilt is brought up throughout the whole story. It first starts out by getting a group of ten people and none of them know who anyone is, but what they don’t know is that they all have something in common. They find out that, that something in common is crimes such as murder that they got away with. They knew this after hearing the voice recording left for them. The whole idea is to try and get them to feel the guiltiness of their crime and pay for it. About half of the people are affected by guilt and others show no emotions towards it at all. At the end the theme of guilt is definitely shown when Vera feels so much guilt that she goes through and hangs herself.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Symbol: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">One symbol in the story is the “Ten Little Soldiers” song. This song starts with ten soldiers and eventually makes its way down to none by having them each die in bizarre ways. This song symbolizes the ten guests and shows how they are going to die. An example of this would be Vera when she hanged herself just like the last soldier at the end of the story.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Symbol: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Another symbol in the story is the ten china figures. The figures were placed on the table. These figures symbolized the deaths of each character. Each time someone died in the group, one of the figures would disappear from the table. The ten china figures help tell the story through symbols and really represented the book well.