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And Then There Were None By: Agatha Christie An unknown killer on the loose would cause anyone to act in a different or bizarre way. This is the situation that the characters in Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None are put in to. Out of ten guests plus the boat handler, who brought them over to the island, one of them is the murderer. Until the killer is found, the actions of the characters become strange. The characters first protect themselves and act differently around each other, then make accusations, and finally alliances are made. First of all some of the precautions that the guests take is to lock and place furniture in front of all there doors. "There were sounds of bolts and locks, and of moving furniture" (p. 155). After the death of Miss Brent, Justice Wargrave advised that all items that may cause danger be place in a safely locked place and that the keys be given to two people so that the weapons would be safe. " By the judge's direction, the various drugs were placed in the box and it was locked. The judge then gave the key of the chest to Philip Lombard and the key of the cupboard to Blore" (p. 141). The final way that the guests protecte
So after the long and grueling days on the island no one has found out who the murderer is but they had a lot of different reactions to all the different murders that went along with all the other festivities. One of his suspicions was that Miss Brent did it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**Agatha ChristieAnd then there were none. The next thing that happened to the guests was the way they started to act around each other. The final reaction was to make alliances between the remaining guests, so it would be easier to trap the victimizer. He braced himself against the deep hostile suspicion of those eyes" (p. One of the first act was to become testy and aggressive with each other. "Four pairs of eyes fastened on him. Each remaining guest has a different suspicion of who the killer is. Blore and Lombard also became closer together as time passed on. It would be very easy for th reader to assume that this was true.
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