And Then There Were None Research Paper

Sometimes people are driven to murder as a form of ultimate revenge. Authors that write gothic literature will often use situations like this to make their story. In And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie shows how people take a situation into their own hands and try to play god. At the end you find out that Justice Wargrave murdered himself and the 9 other guest on the island because they had all been a part of a murder, but weren't convicted. Likewise in “Haircut,” Ring Lardner also shows a situation of revenge. Throughout the story he tells about all of the people in a little town, this leads up to the murder of Jim Kendall. Paul murdered Jim because Jim always played tricks on him. The authors used very similar techniques to illustrate why some are driven to murder. However, Christie makes the murder on a larger scale by having lots of people on an island and none of them make it off. Unlike Lardner who makes the story about a man that is murdered in a small town. The setting of the short story and the book is one of the main differences between the two. In And Then There Were None there are 10 people, that are complete strangers, that get …show more content…
In the book the first chapter tells about how every character views themselves, their financial/work status, and why they are going to Soldier Island. Also it plays a gramophone about everyone's past, this is when you find out that everyone committed a murder. Throughout the book the author tells a little bit more about everyone. In doing this she makes you question who the murder really is. Similarly in “Haircut,” the whole story leading up to the murder is about the characters and their past. You find out that Jim always plays tricks on the other townspeople, especially Paul and Julie. Paul had always liked Julie and felt it his job to defend her, this caused him to shoot Jim when they went duck