And Then There Were None Essay

Life is something that can be given, but not something that can be given back. The only person who should have the capability to change your life is yourself. In Agatha Christies ‘And Then There Were None’ a genius psychopath named Justice Wargrave takes each person’s life into his own hands by determining the fate of the criminals he discreetly gathered on the island. Nine lives, strong Fathers and loving Mothers, sympathetic Daughters and brave Sons; nine people had someone else juristic the tragic termination of their life. The individuals who were terrorized on the island were homicide perpetrators; all nine of them were murderers who never got punished for their crimes. Wargrave, the sadistic lunatic contravenes into their lives and

Who is one to decide who gets to live or not. When Wargrave murders the individuals, he puts himself on their level, a murderer. The two most sacred things that you should never, under any circumstance, take away from another person is their life and their freedom. Punishment is foolish when prevention should be the model. In chapter 5 Vera is talking about death when she says, “she didn’t want to die. She couldn’t imagine wanting to die.” (170-172) She is explaining how no one thinks about death because no human has the desire for it. Although death is a destination that we all have in common no individual wants to go through the last moments of their life. On the other hand, Miss Brent talks about Vera’s soon to be demise since she winds up killing herself when she proclaims in chapter 11, “some people thought so much of their death that they actually take their own lives.” (161) Each character shows their viewpoint on death and the concept of criminality is shown through each perspective. This is shown in chapter 3 when the death of Philip Lombard is described. Remorse is shown when his death is outlined to have the feeling of being “guilty.” (40) These people who died were left no choice to live or not. Wargrave took that all