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My book was And Then There Were None . Its a mystery novel and the author is Christie , Agatha. My main points of discussion and main idea. Is to found out who the killer is that is the main idea. The main points of discussion why is he/she killing everyone. The story takes place and time at India Island in 1940. The setting is on an island were there is sand and a mansion. 10 people were going to be at the mansion and staying there. A lot of stuff well be happening at the mansion. Then one by one the people who were staying at the mansion start to get murder in different ways. No one know who is killing the people one by one. They are all murder by a mystery man in the mansion and it is kind of scary. The main characters …show more content…

Far from being a disinterested agent of justice, Wargrave is a sadist, taking perverse pleasure in murder. I did find this character interesting i like that he was very seek about killing the people. It just is so creepy that he killed everybody just one by one. The main events in the story as they discuss what to do, Tony Marston chokes on poisoned whiskey and dies. Frightened, the party retreats to bed, where almost everyone is plagued by guilt and memories of their crimes. Vera Claythorne notices the similarity between the death of Marston and the first verse of a nursery rhyme, “Ten Little Indians,” that hangs in each bedroom. Then the remaining guest started to die from various things. The conflict in the story an anonymous killer gathers a collection of strangers on Indian Island to murder them as punishment for their past crimes. Climax was the apparent death of Judge Wargrave and the disappearance of Dr. Armstrong strip away any sense of order. Conclusion police officers find ten dead bodies on the island and clear evidence that someone else killed them.Wargrave reveals the logic—ahem, “logic”—behind his decision to commit the crimes and then confess to

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