Lindsey Matthiesen September 8‚ 2015 The Murder on the Orient Express Summer Reading Assignment My first reaction to The Murder on the Orient Express was amazement. Christie has the ability to hold together multiple ideas and storylines‚ still she is able to connect them and form one of the best mystery novels ever published. I have heard a lot about this novel‚ The Murder on the Orient Express‚ and was pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable it was to read. It lives up to its reputation
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Three‚ Seven‚ Ace The year is 1890 in Bishee‚ Arizona. The air is dry and the wooden sign reading "Orient Saloon" is splintered and cracked. Stock promoters‚ road agents and con-men sit at a tension filled table‚ liable to erupt into a sudden shoot-out. Tony‚ the proprietor‚ keeping a close watchful eye on the singer‚ Nifty’ Doyle‚ as Murphy‚ the dealer‚ puts down the losing card; a Queen of Spades. Mining stocks and life savings go to the lucky dealer in the black fedora. "A fine game!" said
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on the Orient Express‚ her style of writing can be described as one of Christie’s best works‚ having an international trend‚ and being a genius with detective fiction. Murder on the Orient Express was a great book and should be read by all. “Agatha Christie is the world’s best known mystery writer.” (Harper) All of her novels are known around the world as being very excellent. No one has read a Christie murder mystery they have not liked. Murder on the Orient Express
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Contrast Essay In order to catch a murderer and convict him of his crime is quite a hard task to do when faced with a person who knows what they’re doing. Well Agatha Christie knows just how to do that. The books I chose for this project are Murder On Orient Express and And Then There Were None. In both of these books one or many people have to work together in order to save each other’s lives. Not only do they have to worry about saving their lives they also have to worry about if one of them might be
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Hercule Poirot plays the part of a private detective and retired Belgian police officer‚ he gets on a Taurus Express train to Stamboul who is caught up in a murder of a man named Ratchett . A piece of paper with the word Armstrong on it helps Poirot figure out who Ratchett really is and why someone would want to murder him. A few years back‚ a man named Cassetti kidnapped a three year old girl‚ named Daisy Armstrong. He collected a ransom from the Armstrong family‚ and killed her. Poirot concludes
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Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. I first read it when I was 12 and it a little shocked me and left a great impression. The first I have always admired the talent of Agatha Christie‚ she is my favorite writer in detective genre‚ the mastery with which she described the story is incredible‚ the ending was completely unpredictable. And as always Hercule Poirot was simply inimitable. So what is story about? The Murder on the Orient Express.
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Hercule Poirot‚ a world renowned Belgian detective on vacation‚ is the protagonist of Agatha Christie’s ‘Evil Under the Sun’. Although the guests initially suspected he was there on business‚ they relaxed afterwards‚ up until Arlena Stuart’s murder. His reputation as a detective‚ solving numerous high profile cases all over the world‚ preceded him and allowed him to conduct his own investigation alongside the local authorities. However complex the crime seems‚ he solves it the same way. “I told you
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1950: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 is likely resting at the bottom of Lake Michigan‚ but good luck finding it. Divers 60 years ago turned up light debris‚ upholstery and a few body parts‚ but they were never able to locate the plane’s wreckage following what was‚ at the time‚ the deadliest commercial airliner accident in American history. Fifty-five passengers and three crewmembers are believed to have died aboard the DC-4 propliner as it traveled from
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Case Study Microlite S.A.: The Pan-Orient Decision Abstract Microlite S.A. which is located in Brazil was the largest producer of batteries in South America with a mighty 55% share of the Brazilian battery market. Top Management had decided to shut down all but one out of three of the dry cell battery factories in Guarulhos. This opened up the chance for Luiz Pinto‚ manager of Microlite’s battery factory in Jaboatão‚ to take over this market share and do further investments in his company. This
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L’eau : Un enjeu stratégique majeur au Proche Orient Les hommes d’Isaac creusèrent dans le lit sec du wadi et y trouvèrent un puits d’eau vive. Le berger de Gerar se prit de querelle avec le berger d’Isaac en disant : "Cette eau nous appartient". Isaac appela le nouveau puits Eshek (querelle) puisqu’il s’était querellé avec le berger. Puis il creusa un nouveau puits ailleurs et ils ne se querellèrent pas à son sujet. Aussi l’appela-t-il Rehovot (spacieux). Il dit : "Il est sûr que l’Éternel a
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