Questions relating to the analysis of PLOT 1. Who is the protagonist of the novel? Identify him/her by name, age, era, locale, social class, family, and occupation. On this island in the early 1900s, there is one assassin and nine protagonists. The protagonists of the novel are the group of islanders who are trying to fight for their survival. There is the doctor, Edward George Armstrong, an extremely religious spinster, Emily Caroline Brent, an ex-detective, William Henry Blore, the governess, Vera Elizabeth Claythorne, an army soldier, Phillip Lombard; the general, John Gordon Macarthur, the reckless young adult who has a bad case of affluenza, Anthony James Marston, the servants, Thomas Rogers and his wife (Ethel Rogers), and supposedly the judge, Lawrence John Wargrave, who is actually the murderer. 2. Trace the progress of this change through …show more content…
The major steps that intensify the involvement. Show how each step advances the involvement, and how it changes the relative strength of the alternatives. The first death put things into perspective for me. The Ten Little Indians poem immediately came to mind and gave the story interesting qualities. The next step was noticing the disappearance of the little figurines. Another main step was Macarthur's death. After Macarthur's death, the assassin points out that the murderer is one of them. Throughout the book, the protagonists work together more and more while becoming conscious that they could be killed at any second. e. The crisis (climax/turning point). Show what event precipitates the crisis and how. The rising action starts with the accusations, and then comes the deaths, and soon the island is a scene of paranoia with the idea that no one will survive. The islanders start dying and Wargrave finds this as the perfect moment to clear his blame and get rid of Armstrong so his "partner in crime" cannot snap and tell someone. The climax is the apparent death of Wargrave and the disappearance of