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    masterpiece And Then There were None, previously called Ten Little Indians sold over one hundred million copies worldwide. It was published in 1939 and since the fans have turned it into many movies and video-games as well as parodies. The book is a murder mystery about ten people who were accused of crime(s) and tricked into coming to an Island; on that island they are killed off one by one. In 1945, the book was made into a movie also called And Then There Were None by director and producer…

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    has had a great impact on the mystery genre. I’m curious to know how the characters of And Then There Were None compare to those of these crime solving T.V. shows, how the motives of these psychopaths in real life also comparable to those of Mr. Justice Wargrave, and how the styles of murder in these T.V. shows compared to the style of Justice Wargrave. The characters in And Then There Were None compare in many different ways to the characters in these more modern T.V. shows. The characters in…

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    Justice Wargrave Justly is defined as acting according to what is morally right or fair. Agatha Christie's novel, “And then there were none,” explores a dilemma between doing what's right, and doing what you think is right. Justice Wargrave, a character in the novel, is a judge. He invites nine people with different backgrounds who don’t know each other to a deserted island called Soldier Island. One by one the guests slowly disappear. Then, later in the book, it becomes clear that Wargrave…

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    Murder is never justified. Or is it? In Agatha Christie’s most popular murder-mystery novel, And Then There Were None, Christie explores the thin line between retribution and justice. She does this by twisting the typical murder situation to make the usually innocent victims, killers themselves. This makes the audience question the morality of the murders if the murder is bringing the other killers too justice. This use of moral ambiguity and character behavior, allows Christie to develop the…

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    something that it not suitable to do to other or yourself. The reason is that you can easily lose someone’s trust. Hurt people’s feelings without showing concern with what you say. Lying is also bad because lies can backfire. In the novel And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, lies are told by all characters. People should not lie because it is dishonest, hurtful, and can backfire. The first reason of why lying is wrong is because it is dishonest. For example, in the novel the character…

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    Vera Claythorne was an ex-governess and one of the main characters in And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. She survived the longest on the awful island but she could have used the help of some phone apps. Some of these apps are the Quizlet app, Weather Channel, and Text Messages. All these apps would be useful for many reasons. The first app, Quizlet, would be used because she was once a governess of a boy named Cyril. She could have used this app to help teach Cyril. This is important…

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    scenarios, none of which having the exact same outcome. In the hit crime investigating show Criminal Minds, Season 5 Episode 21 tells the story of a BAU investigation team working to find a man who has gone on a killing spree, murdering five people the team believes to be all connected. The murderer of this episode is discovered to be a young sixteen year old boy whose only motive to kill was because he had felt abandoned when he was a young child. Much like Justice Wargrave of And Then There…

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    are many differences occurred in the book and the movie of A Wrinkle In Time and And Then There Were None. I believe the director changed the movie so the viewers would understand it more and so the movie won’t be 5-6 hours long. I also think that they changed it is so people would understand it more, and some of the things in the book were hard to actually do in real life and in the time the movies were produced. There are many differences between the book and movie of A Wrinkle In Time.One…

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    Philip Lombard in the novel And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie doesn’t appear to be a very abstract thinker and he keeps up appearances too. He only bases his opinions on physical appearances. While he is slightly cunning, he uses his instincts for every difficult situation, which makes him predictable and hard to like. He doesn’t trust anyone and always looks out for only himself. Philip Lombard’s carelessness and arrogance lead him to believe he will survive from Soldier Island When…

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    Death comes to each guest at different times and in different ways in the novel, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. The guest that should die first is Vera Claythorne. Vera should die first because she allowed Cyril Hamilton drown because he was born a boy and Vera wasn’t allowed to marry Hugo. Vera also was jealous and resentful towards Cyril because she felt Hugo put her first. The second guest that should die is Anthony Marston. Anthony should die second because he killed two…

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