Crimes In Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None

In the real world, not all crimes can be justified legally. In terms of whether someone believes in karma, people get away with wrongdoings everyday. In the novel, And Then There were None, it opens up with all of the main characters travelling by train or car to a ferry that will take them to a mysterious island named Soldier Island. Each guest has received an invitation from a Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Owen to come to the island. Reasons why they were invited differentiate between the characters. All characters soon later find out the real reason why they were invited onto the island. The real reason; to be murdered for the crimes they have committed. Finding out who is the killer is the mystery of the novel. Whether one character looks like the
It just so happens to be Justice Wargrave. While reading the book, for one to not suspect Wargrave to be the murderer is completely reasonable. Why would anyone suspect a judge who believes in justice and in upholding the law to the fullest to be the killer? It is how Mr. Wargrave is portrayed during the novel that draws less attention to him to be the killer in this mystery. During the record play, Justice is convicted of murdering a man during court. Justice Wargrave finds the defendant Edward Seton to be guilty while the whole jury finds him innocent. It is later proven that Mr. Seton was indeed guilty and Mr.Wargrave was correct. Even if Edward Seton was innocent, Mr. Wargrave was just doing his job and in fact find justice rightly convict the man for the crime he has committed. From a listening perspective, this possibly eliminates Justice from ever committing any crime in the first place and puts him in a position that makes him less likely to be the killer. Even after the record stops playing, Justice Wargrave acts completely calm and doesn't have an immediate reaction like the others. Christie describes to the reader that the judge sat in his habitual pose, his head sunk down into his neck. With one hand he gently scratched his ear. Only his eyes were active, darting round and round the room, puzzled, alert with intelligence (Christie 61). This information presents Wargrave to be slightly innocent for the time being which is meant to through the reader off. Christie unveils Wargrave in a way to not seem like the killer to have the novel remain a mystery. Besides knowing he's the killer, Justice Wargrave puts on a act by trying to distinguish who is the killer. From the beginning of the novel, Wargrave seems to take control on the situation and often asks question to the rest of the group to try and convict who exactly is the murderer. Others notice the role he has given himself in being the