And Then There Were None Literary Techniques

Ten people, ten murders, two weeks. In the novel, ” And Then There Were None,” ten people were convinced that they were invited to a dream house on a private island for a relaxing vacation, to meet with friends, or to be employed. But, what the guests did not know is that each of them had committed a crime and had been brought there to pay for what they had done. The ten people had been trapped there due to the distance from the mainland and terrible weather, but then soon they all start to die one by one in a way that is similar to ten different deaths in a nursery rhyme. The elements she used to give off the mystery feel included of the main conflict, setting, characterization, and the author’s techniques of giving clues.The author, Agatha Christie, seemed to pull off the mind-bending mystery, “And Then There Were None.”

Each guest faced the same amount of torment but for an extended period of time but, “those whose guilt was the lightest, I decided, pass out first, and not suffer the prolonged mental strain and fear that the more cold-blooded offender were to suffer” (268). They were isolated on an island, going through true torture. But, soon that isn't a problem, for each of the guest had been killed. There wasn't very many ways the problem could have been solved, since the weather was very rough on them and “the boat will not arrive” (67). Each of the guest gradually found themselves murdered and once they were all left lifeless, and none of them were left with a