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CHAPTER 1, 2, & 3

1. Who is U.N. Owen? What do we learn about him in the novel’s opening pages? He is the owner of the Indian island and he is the person who invited all the guests to the indian island. There are so many mystery behind, because the ten guests don't know who is Mr.Owen and why he invited them to the Indian island.

2. Where does the story take place? Describe the primary setting of And Then There Were None with **__as much detail as possible.__** The story take place in the indian island, Owen invited them to the indian island, there are no reason why Owen invited them, the mood of the story is suspicious. The time at that time maybe between 1930, because 1930 is when this book is published. And the language in the story used is pretty old, there are lots of the words are so confusing.

3. How and why is Indian Island so important to the narrative (Story)? Because the Indian Island control everything in the story, and Indian island is where everything begins. The Indian island is where the plan start, everything will happen in the mysterious Indian Island.

4. Identify the ten guests who have been invited to Indian Island, giving their **__names and backgrounds__**. • Mr. Justice Wargrave - The reptilian old man, known in the press and the courts as a "hanging judge". •Vera Claythorne - In a third class carriage with five other travelers in it. She send Cyril to the sea, and let him drowning, she was trying to save him, but her slow pretend//ng pace let Cyril die at the end.// • Captain Philip Lombard- A soldier of fortune, his past didn't bear close examination, either. He is the only one brought a gun to Indian island. He kill a whole African tribe. • Emily Brent- A sixty-five year old woman whose troubled dreams. She drown herself by trying to get rid of the baby. •General Macarthur- His wife, as far as he was concerned, had ended in the trenches in the Great war. •Dr. Armstrong- At first the physician was a convenient dispenser of sedatives and diagnostician of causes of death. He let his patient died on purpose in the surgery. • Anthony Marston- Like a young, bronzed god, he is a good man, he have nothing to worry about. •Mr. Blore- The bearlike ex.C.I.D man tried to pass himself off as an African colonial. •Mr.and Mrs. Rogers- Gathering on Indian Island had been the perfect servants. •Fred Narracott- The Devonshire boatman, he felt queer business indeed - they seemed such a dull.

5. Did any of these individuals – when you first encountered them in the introductory Cast of Characters, or in the following pages – strike you as especially sinister? (If so, which one and why?) I don't think there are anyone that is sinister, because they are all murderer, they are all the same.

Threatening?, Captain Lombard, because he is very strong, his way to speak is very like a strong man, and he is the only one that necessary to carry a gun to Indian Island.

Harmless? Emily Brent, because she is a sixty year old women, she can't do anything about, she might can't even walk faster.

6. Describe the poem Vera Claythorne finds on display above the mantel in her bedroom (in ch 2). What kind of poem is it? The poems tells what happened to the ten Indian boys, one choked his little self, one overslept himself, one said he'd stay in Devon, one chopped himself in halves, a bumblebee stung one, one got in Chancery, a red herring swallowed one, big bear hugged one, one got frizzled up, and the last one hanged himself and there were none. This kind of poem is called nursery rhyme, nursery rhyme is like a song that rhyme in this way:

1, 2, buckle my shoe.

3, 4, shut the door. 5, 6, pick up sticks. 7, 8, lay them straight. 9, 10, a big fat hen.

7. How are the poem’s meaning and imagery changed by its context in this novel?

The poems is making a image about how does the ten Indian die, and it may want to tells us that is what going to be happen on those ten guests. The murderer wants to follow the poem and trying to do the same thing on the ten guest, that just a prediction, but after we read chapter 4, it give us a clue, as we go back to the poem, it is exactly as the first two sentence told about the first Indian boy.

8. How does the poem relate to the centerpiece of small china figures that first appears in the subsequent dinner scene (in Ch.3)? After Tony saw the china figures, he said "Indians", and Vera cried "They're ten little Indian boys of the nursery rhyme", now they talk out the poem that hung up over the mantelpiece in Vera's bedroom.

9. How does this poem relate to the larger plot or structure of the novel? (You may need to come back to this question after reading the rest of the novel.) I think the poem want to tells us the things happened to the ten indian boys will happening on the ten guests. The poem is like a plan, the murderer was trying to kill everyone in the island by following this poem, so this poem is relate to the plot and structure of the story. The poem tells us how the plot //is going to be,// and how does the story going to be end.

10. In chapter 3, the ten guests are gathered for their after-dinner coffee when suddenly an “inhuman, penetrating” voice begins to speak to them, one which has been prerecorded on a phonograph record. What **exactly** does “The Voice” accuse **each** guest of doing? Be specific. The voice went on- a high clear voice is telling what does each guest has been done in crime in the past. The voice tolds everything about the crime that every guests has, all the guest are expose all of their crime at this moment. All the crime they has are the laws can't touched, that maybe also a big hint of the story.

CHAPTERS 4 & 5

11. Who dies at the end of chapter 4? Anthony dies at the end of Chapter 4, he picked up his drink and drank it off at a gulp, and he choked badly, his face turned purple, and he is gone. He is not choker to die, he drank somthing that is poisonous.

12. Look at the victim’s last words, and then explain the irony or black comedy of this particular murder, given these final comments.

" The legal life is narrowing! I'm all for crime ! Here's to it". He sounds want to suicide, but I think he is kill by someone, the last words he said make us to confusing on his death. Because all the guests are saying he is a good man, he has nothing to worry about, he won't suicide in this happy life.

13. In part 5 of chapter 5, we learn the following about General Macarthur: “He knew, suddenly, that he didn’t want to leave this island.” Why do you think he knows this? Provide as many reasons as you can.

Because if he go back to the mainland, he will go back to his little house, back to all the troubles and worries. He think he can hear the waves hitting the rocks through his window is relaxing and peaceful sound and a peaceful place for him to live on.

What is the general going through? Describe his state of mind – what it is, and what it might be.

General Macarthur wonder when shall them to get away again, and they think they are going away when the motorboat came from the mainland. But he suddenly change his mind, his think that the island is the best place for him, he realize he will go back to his little house and back to all troubles and worries if he leave this island, he think this island is peaceful. His state of mind is shifting from one place to another.

CHAPTER 6 & 7

14. How does Mrs. Rogers meet her demise in chapter 6? Mrs. Roger died in her sleep, there are something causing her heart to stop. Dr. Armstrong think she might take something, like sleeping tablets after the dinner. In fact, she is poisoned by something.

15. Why does Mr. Blore immediately suspect that Mrs. Rogers was killed by her husband, the butler? Explain Mr. Blore’s accusation, pointing out its strengths and shortcomings.

Mr. Blore thinks that Mr. Rogers killed his wife, because his wife always nervous, and he was afraid that she may tell their secret about killing Miss Brady for money. If Mrs. Roger told people about the stuff they done, Mr. Roger's life would be ruined and he would be sent to jail, and lose all their monies. So Mr. Blore think Mr. Roger want to keep a secret by killed his wife to destroy the only witness.

16. In part 3 of chapter 7, Mr. Lombard and Dr. Armstrong discuss the two deaths that have occurred thus far. Why do they conclude that both deaths must have been acts of murder? Because the two murder is related to the poem and the China figures that they saw, so they think someone is following the poem to kill the guests, and they think the murderer take away one of the China figure if you one died.

How does this conclusion relate to the absence of Mr. Owen?

Because they think Mr.Owen is the murderer, and they think Mr. Owen is hiding in this island in somewhere. And they realize this island's more or less a bare rock, so they start to attend a job to searching it.

Why do Mr. Lombard and Dr. Armstrong then agree to enlist Mr. Blore in their search mission?

Because Philip Lombard said he can get hold of dangerous U.N. Owen, and he also got a gun, so they think nothing to afraid of.

What and where do they plan to search?

They are trying to searching the murderer behind all this, they think U.N Owen is the one that behind all this, and the Indian island' s more or less a bard rock, so the murderer can't hiding in this island, so they start to search on this island.

CHAPTER 8 & 9

17. Reread the last sentence of chapter 8. Identify the possible as well as the inevitable implications of this last sentence – for the plot of this novel and the fate of its characters. "There was no one on the island but their eight selves."

There are no one can hiding in this island, the only people that is in the island is the eight guests, before is ten guests, but after a series of murder, now there are eight left. So they each other believe U.N Owen is one of them, and there are no transportation from the island to the mainland, so they all think the murderer is one of them is the guests.

18. What sort of threshold has been crossed, and how is the story different from this point on? Now they are thinking the murderer behind all this is one of them, before they are thinking the murderer is U.N Owen or someone that they don't know about, but now, they realize the murderer is one of them, so on, the guests will start to find out the mystery on the themselves and not anyone that they don't know about, and they story will different from this point on.

19. After the murdered body of General Macarthur is discovered, the seven remaining characters participate in an informal yet serious court session to “establish the facts” of what has transpired since their arrival at Indian Island. Who is the leader of this parlor-room inquest? Does this appointment seem fitting? Why or why not?

The leader of the parlor-room in inquest is Mr. Justice Wargrave, and this appointment seem fitting because it can help to find out who is the murderer, and give a chance to let all the guests to know what is going on, and who is the most suspicious person, or who able to kill someone at that time.

How do the other six characters react to this leader’s questions and conclusions?

They reacts like they never did something like this, and make chances to explain how they are not involved in the crime of murdering.

How do they react to one another’s accusations?

They reacts like lying, or cover something that they don't what the people to know about, so they hiding their words, and trying to tell something that is appropriate to say.

20. In your view, who seemed most likely to be guilty at this point in the narrative, and who seemed most likely to be innocent?

In my view, Mr. Rogers seemed to be guilty and the judge seemed to be the most innocent.

CHAPTER 10 & 11

21. In part 4 of chapter 10 we encounter Miss Emily Brent at work on her diary. She seems to be nodding off while sitting at the window and writing in her notebook. “The pencil straggled drunkenly in her fingers,” we read. “In shaking loose capitals she wrote: THE MURDERER’S NAME IS BEATRICE TAYLOR... Her eyes closed. Suddenly, with a start, she awoke.”

What do you make of this passage? What does it mean? Why would Miss Brent jot down such a statement? Think about what you have learned about Miss Brent’s background, mentality, spiritual outlook, and idea of right and wrong when answering these questions.

I think Miss Brent maybe know who is the murderer, but there are maybe some mental problems that makes her forgot what is happening, or she can even be the murderer. There are a mental illness that can cause a person to make another person in their mind, that person can be very opposite from the real person, because that person is made for protecting the weak person. Miss brent is very religious person, the mental illness she might has can create a person that is very angry, strong, and cold blood.

22. As chapter 11 begins, what is different about the arrangement of the china figure Indians in the dining room? How many are now in the table’s centerpiece – and what does this number tell you? At the beginning of the chapter 11, the guests find out Mr. Roger is missing, and they guests find out there are only six China figure indians on the table's centerpiece, this number can told Mr.Roger is being killed already, because every time there are a person being killed, the China figures Indian are always missing.

23. How has Mr. Rogers been killed? "Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six". THe murderer might crept up behind him, swung the chopper once and brought it down on his head as Mr.Roger was bending over. There are a deep wound in the back of Roger's head.

24. At the end of this chapter, everyone is having a hearty breakfast, being “very polite” as they address one another, and “behaving normally” in all other ways. Does this make sense to you? Explain why or why not. What else is going on?

This is making some sense on me, because they all want to calm themselves down, because they don't know who is the one that will be killed next, so all they can do is acting normally. They also think there are six China figure, and they don't know how many are there by tonight, so they starting to panic.

25. Read the conclusion of chapter 11 and then comment on the thoughts and fears these characters are experiencing.

They don't know who is going to die next, and they don't know how many China figure tonight, they fears they will be the one that being killed on tonight.

CHAPTER 12 & 13

26. How is Miss Brent murdered, and why is Dr. Armstrong immediately suspected of committing this crime? There was hypodermic syringe that full with potassium cyanide, like the same one as Anthony Marston, stung Emily Brent's neck, and killed her immediately, and the reason why Dr. Armstrong immediately suspected of committing this crime because he is the only one has the hypodermic syringe.

27. What telltale item in the doctor’s possession turns up missing? The hypodermic syringe was not there in the suitcase, it can be taking away by the murderer.

28. What item originally in Mr. Lombard’s possession also disappears? The drugs and his own sulphonal tablets is missing, when the guests get into his room, his bed table was empty, all the tablets are gone.

29. Five people are still alive as chapter 13 begins. In the second paragraph, we read: “And all of them, suddenly, looked less like human beings. They were reverting to more bestial types.” Explain this behavior, and provide several example of it by referring to the text of the novel. There are more people dying, so they are turning into more bestial types are normal, they want to protect themselves, they don't want the next dead person be one of them, and they still not figure out who is the murderer in the guests, so they avoid there will be murder happening again, so they are going somewhere in the island in a group of five, so they can't killed by the murderer, and providing them a safety mental thinking.

30. Is this similar to how you yourself would behave if placed in this horrific situation? Explain why or why not. I will behave if placed in this horrific situation, because we need to avoid the next murder, you never know who is the one that being killed by next, if might be me, so I will pretend calm, strong, angry to show it to the murderer, and letting the murderer scared of me.

31. Earlier in the narrative, both a ball of gray wool and a red shower curtain suddenly go missing. How and where do these items reappear? The judge robed in scarlet with a judge's wig upon his head, and the Miss Brent 's missing gray wool.

32. At the end of chapter 13, Mr. Lombard exclaims, “How Edward Seton would laugh if he were here! God, how he’d laugh!” Identify the implied, potential, and literal meanings of this “outburst [that] shocked and startled the others.”

Vera said only this morning that Mr.Lombard said he was the only, and Philip Lombard's face change, and He said in a low voice, and he tell he know he did, and he is strong. But he said there are one more of them who's been proved innocent. This outburst shocker others because first they think Justice Wargrave was the murderer, but unfortunately, everyone saw his dead body.

CHAPTER 14- END

33. The narrative of And Then There Were None seems to become more detailed – and carefully descriptive and deliberately paced – as it draws to a close. In chapter 14, for instance, we encounter extended interior monologues involving Miss Claythorne and ex-Inspector Blore. Why do you suppose the author begins to focus on her characters in this way, and at this moment in the tale?

Because the author want us to know her lover and the murder she did, because at the end, her love is waiting for her, and the cold hand from Cyril is touching on her throat, and then she kick off the chair and hanging on the ceiling. The reason author begins to focus on her character in this way, because he want to make the end more clear.

What do we learn from the private thoughts of these two characters?

Two of them are sat on the side of their beds, they are all talking to themselve, they are like communicating to themselves to make them more comfortable and calm themselves down in that way.

How do their ideas and impressions in chapter 14 advance the story? They are all guilty about what they did.

34. What happens to Dr. Armstrong? How and when does he disappear?

Dr. Armstrong is gone in the middle of the night, there are no one in his bedroom. Mr. Blore was knocking on everyone's door, because the one that is gone must be the person who walking heavy and slow in front of his bedroom door and down to the stairs. Vera and Mr. Lombard is in his room, expect there are no one is answering as the moment Mr. Blore knocking on Dr. Armstrong's bedroom door.

35. How is Mr. Blore murdered, and why do Miss Claythorne and Mr. Lombard suspect that Dr. Armstrong is Mr. Blore’s killer?

Mr. Blore' s head crushed and mangled by a great block of white marble. The reason why Miss Claythorne and Mr.Lombard suspect that Dr.Armstrong is the Killer because Dr. Armstrong is disappeared at the middle of the night, and at that time Miss Claythorne and Mr. Lombard is staying at the same place, one of them can't kill Mr. Blore at that time, and the only one able to kill Mr. Blore is Dr.Armstrong, because he is the one that is missing, and he can hiding at some where to hunt Mr. Blore.

36. When you reached the point where Miss Claythorne and Mr. Lombard are the only two characters remaining, which one did you think was the murderer? Or did you suspect someone else? Use quotes from the novel to support your answer.

I think Mr. Lombard is the murderer. "And it's the end...." Mr. Lombard tells he is not the murderer, because at this moment he knew Vera is the murderer.

37. Who kills Philip Lombard? Vera killed Philip Lombard, they are the last two that survive on the island, their mind is thinking they are the one is not the murderer, then the person in front of her or him is, so Vera took Lombard's gun while they are dragging Dr. Armstrong's dead body to the above water mark, and Lombard was thinking

38. Who, ultimately, is responsible for the death of Vera Claythorne? Vera is responsible for the death of Vera Claythome. EPILOGUE

39. Look again at the book’s Epilogue. Who are the detectives in charge of solving these crimes? Inspector Maine and Sir Thomas Legge are the detectives in charge of solving these crimes.

Are they able to come up with any answers? Evaluate their success, identifying the points on which they are correct and those on which they are incorrect in their reconstruction of the events on Indian Island.

They are able to come up with answers, because they can make the murder in order by looking at the evidence, they are very smart. The points on which they are correct is Armstrong's body had been dragged above high water mark, that means he is not the last person, and it represents he is not the murderer. And Lombard was shot, and his body was down by the sea, near Dr. Armstrong's dead body, and Blore's body was found on the terrace, so the only person survive at the end is Vera, she hanged herself in her own bedroom, but the chair she kick over is same as all other chairs, standing on the wall. So now they know there are one more person to do all this after everyone is died. The most important point is that the people died are all have a crime that law can't touch them. The points of incorrect are they are thinking Dr. Armstrong is drowning because he is trying to swimming to the mainland, and they forgot a point about the judge, they never know the judge is the last one to survive, it giving hints to them, the guests are all have crime that law can't touch them, the only one that wants to punish them is the judge.

40. Who is the murderer? How is his or her identity revealed? The murderer is Lawrence Wargrave or we call him the judge. It was revealed in a letter that was put into a bottle and then sent out to sea, it tells in the very last three pages of the book.

41. Who is the mysterious Mr. Owen? Mr. Owen's real name was Isaac Morris, the judge need him because he need ten people for following the poem.

42. Were you satisfied with the novel’s conclusion? And were you surprised by it? I was satisfied with the novel's conclusion, because I always think Vera is the murderer, but everything changed after we read the last part of the story, I can't think of the judge is the murderer, that surprised me by the murdering of the judge,I thought he is the fifth person died. And the person who surprised me is Mr. Owen or called him Issac Morris, he is the not the murderer, he is the person who kills first for the ten little Indian boys poem.

43. Did you, as a reader and an armchair detective, find the ending fully credible and plausible? Did the murderer’s “confession” seem fitting and appropriate to you? Explain your answers.

It is fully credible, because it let me understand how does the judge do all the things to the nine guests, and tells how he killed himself, it seem fitting and appropriate to me.

Define the term “red herring”. Red herring is a thing that give false clues to the reader.

44. And Then There Were None is generally seen as one of the best mystery novels ever published. What are the clues in this mystery? What are the red herrings? The clues in this mystery are the revolver, the poem, and the background of the guests. The red herrings are the judges wig and the red cloak on the judge, it makes Wargrave look like a judge.