And+then+there+were+none+chapters+1,2&3

CHAPTER 1, 2, & 3

1. Who is U.N. Owen? What do we learn about him in the novel’s opening pages?

and they thought the Owens must of had lots of money.
 * It was said that Mr. Owen had wanted to buy the house on Indian Island,

2. Where does the story take place? Describe the primary setting of And Then There Were None with **__as much detail as possible__**

A modern looking house facing south with big rounded windows
 * The story takes place just off the cost of Devon Island called Indian Island.

3. How and why is Indian Island so important to the narrative (Story)?

4. Identify the ten guests who have been invited to Indian Island, giving their **__names and backgrounds__**.

• Vera Claythorne- She is a teacher working for a third-class school.

• Mr.Justice- He is a hanging judge

• Dr. Armstrong- he was a very successful and lucky doctor.

• Emily Brent- She was sixty five a non smoker, and religious. Her father, a colonel of the old school, had been particular about deportment.

• General macarthur- He was in the military and had been to war.

• Anthony (Tony) marston- Has money and a nice car.

• Mr. Blore-

• Mr. Rogers-

• Ms. Rogers-

• Philip Lombard-

5. Did any of these individuals – when you first encountered them in the introductory Cast of Characters, or in the following pages – strike you as especially sinister? (If so, which one and why?)

Threatening? on every body.
 * Mr. Blore because he changed his identity and was supposed to keep an eye

Harmless?
 * Emily Brent because she is a sixty five year old woman who seems harmless.
 * Ms. Rogers because she was a ghost like lady with a flat voice and looked frightened.

6. Describe the poem Vera Claythorne finds on display above the mantel in her bedroom (in ch 2). What kind of poem is it?

by one as the poem goes on.
 * The poem Vera finds was about ten little Indian boys, who slowly start dying off one

7. How are the poem’s meaning and imagery changed by its context in this novel?

8. How does the poem relate to the centerpiece of small china figures that first appears in the subsequent dinner scene (in Ch.3)?

each of the ten guest had hung in their room.
 * The were ten china figures of Indians just like the nursery rhyme that

9. How does this poem relate to the larger plot or structure of the novel? (You may need to come back to this question after reading the rest of the novel.)

I think the poem has a big part in the story, there is ten Indians in the peom and they slowly start dying, ten Indian china figures on the table and ten guests...

................................coming back to this........................................

10. In chapter 3, the ten guests are gathered for their after-dinner coffee when suddenly an “inhuman, penetrating” voice begins to speak to them, one which has been prerecorded on a phonograph record. What **exactly** does “The Voice” accuse **each** guest of doing? Be specific.

They were all accused of the death of someone:


 * 1) Edward Armstrong cause the death of Louisa Mary Clees.
 * 2) Emily Brent was responsible for the death of Beatrice Taylor.
 * 3) William Blore brought about the death of James Stephen Landor.
 * 4) Vera Elizabeth killed Cyril Ogilvie Hamilton.
 * 5) Philip Lombard was guilty of the death of twenty one men.
 * 6) John Macarthur sent Arthur Richmond to his death.
 * 7) Anthony Marston was guilty of the murder of John and Lucy Combes.
 * 8) Mr. and Ms. Rogers you brought to the death of Jennifer Brandy.
 * 9) Lawrence Wargrave was guilty of the murder of Edward Seton