And Then There Were None Mystery Analysis

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Mystery Novel Essay
Nervous. Excited. Ready to see what happens next. These are all feelings when you read this novel, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. There were ten strange people who were all invited to this mysterious island, in which they all figure out what is happening by the end. The mystery elements that were in this book were: setting, characterization, main conflict, and the author’s techniques of giving the reader clues.
The story went on and it got more obvious on what was happening. Someone drew them all here so they could all die. One by one, they all went. On the wall of their bedrooms, there was a poem that had indian boys also dying after each other. There was was also ten china figures as the centerpiece of the

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