8th Grade Literature Blog

1/25/09

Chapter 9, Pages 125-150

In chapter 9, after arguing and accusations by Blore, Lombard, and Armstrong, lunch is had. Rogers and the general don’t show up. the generl was dead, and the only one that would have had an ample amount of time to kill him would be Armstrong, who found him dead while calling him for lunch. Then, Wargrave holds a meeting, in which everyone except for Claythorne agrees that one of them is the murderer. I think Vera’s confusion shows her innocence. Wargrave says they should go on as if each one of them is the murderer. I agree with his thinking. I think he will die next, too.

Andrew Zehner

1/25/09

Chapter 8, Pages 109-124

Blore, Armstrong, and Lombard checked the entire island to see if “Mr. Owen” could be hiding anywhere. After a long search, they learn that it is only the eight of them, which means one of them has to be the killer. The general has gone crazy, Lombard has a revolver, and Mr. Rogers was in Mrs. Rogers’s bedroom, where her body is. I think these peices of evidence make one of them the killer. I don’t think it’s normal to carry around a revolver everywhere, so I’m very suspicous of Lombard. However, the general could be faking his craziness so the others will think nothing of him. I also don’t trust Mr. Rogers for hanging around Mrss Rogers’s body, yet he ciould just be very sad. That is, unless, he is the one who killed her.

Andrew Zehner  

1/25/09

Chapter 7, Pages 97-108

Miss Brent explains to Vera that Mrs. Rogers probably died of guilty consiense, and suspects she did this by overdosing the medicine given to her by Dr. Armstrong. She then explains Beatrice Taylor’s death. She worked for Brent until she got pregnant. She then drowned herself. Brent told Claythorne she had no reason to feel guilty, but I think she is. Armstrong also talks to Lombard, explaining that he thinks that the Rogers did kill Jennifer Brady on purpose by keeping medicine from her. I think Brent will die next. They also notice that two of them are dead, two indian figures are gone, and the two dead died by the poem. I think this is how they will all die.

Andrew Zehner 

January 20, 2009

ch 10 page 151 -ch13 page 199

They just figured out one of them is the murderer. They don’t know who but someone is the killer. They try to stay together but it always seems when someone strays from the group something happens to them.

1/18/09

Chapter 6, pages 82-96

In chapter 6, Mrs Rogers died. This makes Armstrong look suspicious, considering he gave her drugs so she could sleep well. Mr. Rogers said she only took the pills that were given to her, and that she could have taken an overdose. What makes him look even more suspicious, is the fact that he has a dream where he is killing a patient, who is depictedas Brent, and then like Marston. Fred Narracott and the boat did not come back, so Macarthur announced that none of them would ever leave the island. Also, there are now eight people on the island, and there are now only eight statues on the table. Because the next death mentioned in the poem happens to be in the middle of an Indian chopping sticks, which is a chore, I think Mr. Rogers will be next to die, because he is the only one that is obligated to work on the island.

Andrew Zehner   

1/18/09

Chapter 5, pages 68-81

In chapter 5, they investigated the death of Anthony Marston. Armstrong discovers there were drugs in the wine that killed him. This is odd, considering everybody seems to believe he poured it himself. They do find it hard to believe that he would commit suicide. General MacArthur recalls his days in World War I, and Wargrave recalls how he’d “cooked Seton’s goose” (found on page 73). Rogers discovers there are now only nine Indian statues…interesting, and Vera relates Marston’s death to the poem…also interesting. Because Mrs. Rogers is sleeping on drugs given to her by Armstrong (who I now believe is the murderer on the island) and the next death mentioned in the poem is oversleeping, I believe the Mrs. Rogers will die next. 

Andrew Zehner 

1/18/09

Chapter 4, pages 57-67

In chapter 4, the ten people on the island discussed the accusations against them. Most tried to make themselves sound innocent, but Anthony Marston did admit he did run over some people. He didn’t seem to care that he did, while others may be in eternal sorrow for what they did. Such is the case with Vera Claythorne. She said the boy drowned while she was watching him. She feels very guilty about it. After discussions over the accusations, there is talk about whether or not they should stay on the island. Anthony declares he would like to, drinks some wine as a celebration, and is dead (The popular ones never make it). Just as in the poem, he choked his little self, and now there are nine. I no longer think that Vera is the killer, she’s too guilty. I now think Armstrong is.

Andrew Zehner 

1/11/09

38-56

In the 3^rd chapter they had just got to the island. They were in the family room and a tape started and said who they all killed. And the butler was holding a pot of coffee and when the tape started to play he dropped the coffee pot.

1/11/09

16-38

In the 2^nd chapter they all were going to go to the island. They were all there beside one. They were about to go and he showed in his car. Everyone was in shock on how nice the car was. And they all when to the island.