And Then There Were None Essay, Research Paper

I recently read a mystery book

by the name of "And Then There Were None" by Agatha

Christie. I read this book because I have read other books

by Agatha Christie that were pretty well written. Ten people

are invited to an island, called "Indian Island",by letters that

were signed by people they had met before. When they got

to the island, they found out that their host, U.N.Owen, had

not arrived yet. At dinner, they heard a voice, accusing each

of them of a murder, which they were all guilty of. After one

of them is killed, according to the first verse of a poem that

is framed above each of their beds called "Ten Little

Indians", they figure out that the murderer is one of them! As

more people are killed off, one by one, the group narrows

the suspect list down, until only one is left alive but she

figured that she would never get off the islan anyway, and

she hung herself from the ceiling by putting a noose around

her neck and kicking the chair away on which she was

standing, but she was not the killer. One of the mysteries to

this book was, of course, who killed all of the innocent

people. Another mystery was that every time another person

was killed a little indian figure would disappear from the

edges of a serving plate. One more mystery was that every

murder followed, in order, the famous poem "Ten Little

Indians", which reads: Ten little Indian boys went out to

dine; One chocked his self and then there were nine. Nine

Indian boys sat up very late; One overslept himself then

there were eight. Eight Indian boys traveling in Devon; One

said he’d stay there then there were seven. Seven Indian

boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves

then there were six. Six Indian boys playing with a hive; A

bumble-bee stung one then there were five. Five Indian boys

going in for law; One got in Chancery then there were four.

Four Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed

one then there were three. Three Indian boys walking in the

zoo; A big bear hugged one then there were two. Two

Indian boys sitting in the sun; One got all frizzled up then

there was one. One Indian boy left all alone; He went and

hanged himself and then there were none. I really enjoyed

this book and thought it to be entertaining. It was a hard

book to put down and I read about half of the book in one

day because it was so interesting. And since it is a mystery I

thought I knew exactly what was going to happen, but it had

a strange twist right towards the end. I would definitley

recommend this book to anyone who likes a good mystery.