The novel starts with an invitation by Mr. Owen to ten strangers to a soldier island which is a secluded rock off the Devon coast totally cut off from the mainland. Out of the ten first to be reckoned by an invitation was Mr. Justice …show more content…
For example, when Mr. Blore traveling by train come across an old man who out of nowhere warns him about the bad storm that is going to come but Blore paid no heed to his words and ignored it [‘I’m talking to you, young man. The day of Judgment is very close at hand’ (1.14)]. Moreover, the first appearance of the only white house on the secluded island indicated uneasiness in the air all around. Similarly, Fred Narracott foreshadowed by the bad weather that all then ten strangers will be stuck on this island which clearly gives an indication of mishap from which they will all not be able to escape. And of course, the framed nursery rhyme in each bedroom of the house and the china figures in the dining room played a prominent role in the deaths of all the ten characters in the novel. This shows when each of them died one by one according to the rhyme gives them the sense of fear and madness