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My Favorite Part

My favorite part was when Vera, Blore, Lombard, and Armstrong find Wargrave in the drawing room dressed in a mock judicial wig and robe. It was so misleading, making the others think that Wargrave wasn't the killer. It was also very creative of him, stealing the red bathroom curtains and Emily Brent's gray yarn. It seemed just the thing that a homicidal maniac would do. I was suspicious of Wargrave, because he was the only one who wasn't really guilty of the death. The gramophone accused him of killing Edward Steton, which he did, but legally. He condemned Steton to death in court. The evidence was turned dead against Steton, and he was found guilty. Therefore, Wargrave didn't really commit a crime. So, I thought he was assuredly the killer, which is why his death surprised me. It was the moment of the most tension. If Wargrave was dead, then who was the killer? It was the moment when I had no idea what was going to happen for the rest of the book. That was the best part of the whole book. Someone who likes to solve problems or even someone who simply likes to be scared out of their skin would like to read this amazing piece of literature. I would definitely recommend this to other students!  All in all, And Then There Were None is definitely the most tense, nail-biting, and mysterious book I have ever read. On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being the worst and 5 being the best, I would give it an 11.5. It is BEYOND the best! It is the most amazing book I have ever read! If every Agatha Christie book is that good, I'd read them all! I guess I'll just have to test that theory... off to the library!

Epilogue

Two inspectors at Scotland Yard discuss the Indian Island case after their investigation. They find every dead body in their rooms, just how the others had left them. Vera was still hanging on the noose when they entered her room, but the chair which she had kicked out from under her was neatly against the wall, which could only mean one thing. There was someone else alive on Indian Island after they had all died! The captain of a fishing trawler off the coast of Devon found a message in a bottle. The message was sent to Scotland Yard, concerning the unsolvable mystery of Indian Island. Justice Wargrave was U. N. Owen the whole time. He only faked his death so that he was not a suspect. His whole life, he wanted to kill, but he could never see an innocent person die. So,  he found nine people convicted of small crimes and punished them. In the end, he killed himself, so that it would be the unsolved mystery. The note in the bottle was from Wargrave, explaining why he did it. So, the mystery was finally solved, but it still left people uneasy. In the back of your mind, you know that maniacs like him are still out there. You know you are never safe.

Summary - Part 2

As they continued talking, this time about their individual accusations, Marston refills his glass. He finds this whole situation rather exciting, so he toasts to it. As he swallows his drink, he starts choking madly. The others try to help him, but it is too late. Anthony Marston is dead. The other guests deduce that it isn't possible for someone to die of choking that quickly. Dr. Armstrong examines his glass and finds potassium cyanide, an inorganic compound that is lethal when ingested. Anthony Marston was poisoned. He is only the first victim of U.N. Owen. After everyone else was their rooms, Rogers was in the dining room, clearing the dinner dishes. He looks to the center of the table and sees, where there were ten little porcelain Indian figurines before, there were now nine! Later that night, Dr. Armstrong was awoken by a frightened Rogers. Mrs. Rogers won't wake up. The doctor rushes downstairs to find Mrs. Rogers dead! The doctor himself had given her a sedative after she fainted, but it couldn't have been overdosed. How had she died? After breakfast, Armstrong announces Mrs. Rogers's death. When everyone goes about their business afterwards, Rogers goes back into the dining room to clear the plates. Another little Indian statue is gone!  General Macarthur thinks that no one is going to leave the island. he decides that, in the time he has left on the island, he is going to bask in the peace of it all. Later that day, as he is sitting by the water, he gets hit in the back of his head with a heavy object. He instantaneously dies. Again, an Indian goes missing. Later that day, Blore, Lombard, and Armstrong go to search the island of another person or a hiding place. Alas, they find neither. After lunch, the seven visitors assemble in the drawing room. They concluded that, since it was only their seven selves on the island, that U.N. Owen was one of them. The next morning, Rogers is missing, along with another figurine. He is found dead in the woodshed with a large axe protruding from his head. Later that day, Emily Brent is found in the dining room with a mark that looks like a bee sting on the side of her neck. Emily Brent is dead. Outside the window, a hypodermic needle is found next to a smashed Indian figurine. The hypodermic needle had traces of potassium cyanide in it. The killer is only halfway through with his wicked deed. The five remaining people, Vera Claythorne, Philip Lombard, Dr. Armstrong, Justice Wargrave, and Blore, decide to lock up all potential weapons. Lombard admits to bringing a loaded revolver with him, but says he has lost it. They search the house and they do not find it. Suddenly, Vera screams on the staircase. They find her entangled in seaweed alive, very frightened, but alive. They return downstairs wondering how the seaweed had gotten there, just to find Justice Wargrave in the drawing room with a bullet wound on his head. However, the wound is not the only weird thing about the scene. His body was dressed up in a wig made out of yarn and the red drapes from the bathroom as a cloak. Another china figure is gone. They lay the judge down in his room. Lombard returns to his room to find his revolver returned. Early the next morning, Blore, Vera and Lombard find Armstrong missing, so they assume he in the killer. They spend the rest of the night outdoors. When the sun rises, they send Blore into the house for food. He does not return. They find him on the front lawn with his skull crushed by a marble bear clock that dropped from Vera's bedroom window. They walk to the shore just to find Armstrong's body washed up on the rocky shore. They rush to the dining room to find two more figures gone. Paranoid, they both assume the other is the murderer. Still on the beach, Vera pickpockets the revolver and shoots Lombard through the heart. Vera goes up to her room and finds a readied noose hanging by a hook in the ceiling. Driven mad by the whole experience, Vera hangs herself. There is no one left to see, but the last to Indian boy china figures are gone. 

Summary - Part 1

Everyone is checked into their rooms to unpack. While in her room, Vera notices a framed poem on the fireplace mantel. 

Ten little Indian boys went out to dine;
One choked his little self and then there were nine.

Nine little Indian boys sat up very late;
One overslept himself and then there were eight.

Eight little Indian boys traveling in Devon;
One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.

Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks;
One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.

Six little Indian boys playing with a hive;
A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.

Five little Indian boys going in for law;
One got in Chancery and then there were four.

Four little Indian boys going out to sea;
A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.

Three little Indian boys walking in the zoo;
A big bear hugged one and then there were two.

Two Little Indian boys sitting in the sun;
One got frizzled up and then there was one.

One little Indian boy left all alone;
He went out and hanged himself and then there were none.

Afterwards, everyone gathers in the dining room for dinner. After they eat, they all enter the drawing room for coffee. Suddenly, a mysterious voice, seemingly coming from nowhere, started speaking. The Voice accused every visitor on the island of killing someone in their past, a subject that no one ever wanted to talk about ever again. (Note- who they killed is not exactly important, but it is important that the death of the person they each killed haunts their memories.) Upon hearing these facts, Mrs. Rogers drops the coffee tray, screams, and faints. she is taken up to her room to lay in bed. Soon, the visitors find where The Voice came from: a small, closet-like room off to the side of the drawing room. A gramophone positioned with its horn against the wall. The group could hear it because three tiny, inconspicuous holes were drilled into the wall. Rogers had put the record on because he was following Owen's instructions. He had no idea what it was; he assumed it was a piece of music. After that they moved on to a subject of even more importance: who was U.N. Owen? How had he known about their pasts? Why had he gathered them all there? To start the investigation, the judge, being known for his smart thinking, asks everyone why they had come. Everyone says how they were notified to go and the judge concludes the meeting by declaring that they have been summoned to Indian Island by a madman - a homicidal lunatic.

Characters

First, there were ten, an odd assortment of people all summoned to Indian Island for a vacation. All of these people, strangers to each other, were all summoned for different reasons, and by different people. Mr. Justice Wargrave, a recently retired Judge, was supposedly asked to come to the island by an old friend, Lady Constance Culmington. Wargrave is a short man with a tall domed head and heavily lidded eyes. He is said to look somewhat reptilian. Vera Claythorne received a letter from the owner's wife, Una Nancy Owen, to come to the island to be the new secretary for them, with a good salary, too. Vera is a pretty young lady, with soft brunette hair and very emotional eyes. Philip Lombard was approached by a mysterious Mr. Isaac Morris who's willing to offer 100 guineas if Lombard goes to Indian Island. Lombard is tall and muscular, but with oddly pointed teeth, which reminds the others of a wolf. Being assured that he will have the option to withdraw if anything illegal comes up, Lombard takes the offer. Miss Emily Brent is invited to come to Indian Island by someone she thinks is Miss Oliver, a friend she met the previous summer. Emily Brent is a tall, gaunt woman with hair tightly wound in a bun.  General Macarthur was heading there because he thought that a bunch of his old friends were going there to get together. Apparently, the owner of the island was a good friend, too, but Macarther just couldn't remember who he was. Macarthur is muscular, and his eyes are closely set together. He just wanted to get away from the stress of life. Dr. Armstrong, a successful surgeon was invited to come for no apparent reason, but since the letter came with a very large sum of money, he had no problem at all with going. Armstrong was vey average looking, and not memorable at all.  Anthony Marston went to Indian Island because he was invited by his friend, but he had thought his friend went to another continent completely. Marston was young, tall and muscular, with tanned skin and blond hair. Mr. Blore was summoned to the island to keep an eye on the curious lot of people, without knowing that he was one of them! Blore was short and average looking, but there was something about him that would make his face stick in your mind. Lastly, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were on the island as butler and maid. Oddly enough, their employer, Mr. Owen, is nowhere to be found when they arrive ahead of time. Very mysterious....