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Mystery Revew:

What point of view is your Third person omniscient told from? What is the of your Indian Island. novel? Ten people are invited to a deserted island. Each of these people is supposedly guilty of causing someone’s death. One by one they are killed. Who are the characters in your Lawrence Wargrave, Macarthur, Emily Brent, Philip Lombard, novel? List both the major and Rogers, Armstrong, Vera Claythorne, Mrs. Rogers, Mr. Blore, minor characters. Tony Marston. Of the characters in the book, Every one of the 10 people on the island is a suspect. All have who were some suspects and been accused of causing the death of another person in the why? past.

Sleuth/Detective: Who is The surviving guests on the island investigate. Wargrave trying to solve the mystery? If leads the questioning. Lombard, Blore and Armstrong do there is no official most of the searching. sleuth/detective, which characters as detectives in trying to solve the crime?

Foreshadowing and Clues. Wargrave steers the investigation, building up the killer as a What were some of the clues dangerous madman but drawing no conclusions. His that helped the reader and the questioning creates suspicion and confusion among the characters solve the mystery? survivors. We also only have Armstrong’s word that Wargrave is dead, though we have no reason to question that until much later. Red Herrings. What were some Wargrave faking his own death is a red herring. of the red herrings that distracted the reader and/or the characters from figuring out what really happened? The Conclusion: How did the Wargrave faked his death. After Vera shoots Philip and hangs novel end? How was the herself due to her guilt over Cyril’s death and sadness over mystery solved? Hugo, Wargrave writes his confession and puts it in a bottle he sends out to sea. MOTIVE: What motivated the Wargrave wanted to kill a human being. He also wanted to killer to commit the crime? punish the guilty. He also wanted his crime to be memorable.