Dr. Michael Stones identifies a mass murderer as a person who is angry or dissatisfied with their life. The statistics show that 96.5% of mass murderers are male (Crocker). The males are not usually clinically psychotic. The act of mass murder is described as the killing of several victims at one time and in one place (Crocker). In the novel, And Then There Were None, Justice Wargrave had many characteristics of a mass murderer. Justice Wargrave was a methodical killer, a mastermind of planning the killing of the nine guilty murderers. Wargrave said from a young age, he always had the “lust to kill” (Christie 235). Wargrave had delight in seeing death, which led him to his profession of a judge. Wargrave had a strong sense of justice, but
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This means that Wargrave wasn’t an absolute lunatic without any feelings. Wargrave heard from a doctor on a train, Wargrave says, “He mentioned casually how often murder must be committed, which the law was unable to touch” (Christie 237). This was the motive that Wargrave possessed, killing the guilty people that the law couldn’t touch. Wargrave took time to pick the victims of his ingenious murder. Wargrave took a lot of time planning who his victims would be, it was not just a spur of the moment idea. Wargrave was not the expected murderer from the reader’s perspective throughout the …show more content…
Wargrave watched Vera hang herself, and proceeded to his own room to kill himself. He was very methodical in the way he killed himself. He did not want anyone to solve his grand “mystery.” The way he killed himself made it appear as if he got shot. Wargrave rigged up a system to wear as soon he let go of the trigger, covered by a handkerchief, the gun would go off and shoot him. He wanted to trick anyone trying to solve the mystery. But that does not mean he didn’t want to berecognized. From a young age, Wargrave was fascinated with the idea of a message in a bottle. Wargrave describes in detail of his plans and actions in a message in the bottle. Wargrave wanted to create the unsolvable mystery, but still wanted
This means that Wargrave wasn’t an absolute lunatic without any feelings. Wargrave heard from a doctor on a train, Wargrave says, “He mentioned casually how often murder must be committed, which the law was unable to touch” (Christie 237). This was the motive that Wargrave possessed, killing the guilty people that the law couldn’t touch. Wargrave took time to pick the victims of his ingenious murder. Wargrave took a lot of time planning who his victims would be, it was not just a spur of the moment idea. Wargrave was not the expected murderer from the reader’s perspective throughout the …show more content…
Wargrave watched Vera hang herself, and proceeded to his own room to kill himself. He was very methodical in the way he killed himself. He did not want anyone to solve his grand “mystery.” The way he killed himself made it appear as if he got shot. Wargrave rigged up a system to wear as soon he let go of the trigger, covered by a handkerchief, the gun would go off and shoot him. He wanted to trick anyone trying to solve the mystery. But that does not mean he didn’t want to berecognized. From a young age, Wargrave was fascinated with the idea of a message in a bottle. Wargrave describes in detail of his plans and actions in a message in the bottle. Wargrave wanted to create the unsolvable mystery, but still wanted