![]() ![]() ![]() He thought: “Best of an island is once you get there – you can’t go any further … you’ve come to the end of things…” And Then There Were None, 78 It is unfair, they believe, even for this despicable person to have lost his life. This fact alone accounts for the shock and dismay of the other guests at his death. He is still described at several points during the novel, however, as a person that is full of life. He speeds dangerously down the road on his way to Indian Island. He is remorseless over the deaths that he caused when he hit two young people with his car and, in fact, makes no effort to reform his ways. Marston is one of the novel’s least desirable characters. He was – oh – enjoying himself! When he came down the hill in his car this evening he looked – he looked – oh, I can’t explain!” And Then There Were None, 70Ĭhristie’s novel affirms the value of life through the exploration of its negation, as evident in this quote as several characters discuss the death of Anthony Marston. “You’d never think that he would kill himself. The old man has no other part in the story except to intensify the reader’s own sense of foreboding. The old man that Blore meets on the train acts as a wise seer that accurately predicts Blore’s own death. In this quote, it becomes clear that Blore will certainly be one of the murdered. The reader understands in the first chapter that each character introduced will be, in some way, involved in a murder. The quote exemplifies Christie’s use of foreshadowing to increase the suspense of the novel. “He’s nearer the day of judgment than I am!”īut there, as it happens, he was wrong. The day of judgment is very close at hand.” ![]()
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