Author's Craft- Period 5 by Elaine Giambruno https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph en-us 2021-02-26 14:59:39 UTC 2025-09-08 19:25:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Vera Claythorne and Cyril (pg. 269) elainegiambruno https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1246513212 Vera Claythorne greatly struggles with the death of Cyril. Initially it seems as if she is more hung up on losing Hugo than she is killing Cyril. However, as time goes on, she replays what she did over and over again. When she finds the noose in her room, she doesn't even need prompting to get on the chair. As she is doing so, she thinks:

"You can go to the rock, Cyril..."
That was what murder was- as easy as that.
But afterwards you went on remembering... (Christie 269).  

Vera thought she was going to kill Cyril and get what she wanted, which was Hugo. What she doesn't count on is not being able to get it out of her head because she feels guilty about it.  ]]> 2021-02-26 18:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1246513212 Re-read: 71-72, 80, 81-85, 87-88 elainegiambruno https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1246656580 2021-02-26 19:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1246656580 Re-read: 5-7, 15, 71-72, 81-85, elainegiambruno https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1246658625 2021-02-26 19:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1246658625 Re-read: 16-17, 33-34, 81 elainegiambruno https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1246660270 2021-02-26 19:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1246660270 Vera Claythorne- she used flashback by showing how throughout the book Vera keeps thinking back to what happened with Hugo and Cyril. it also shows how she is regretting letting Cyril go out to the rock. and making the readers see that she is feeling guilt. aprenner25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259188540 "Hugo...Hugo... why do i feel your so close to me tonight?..."
"i want to swim out to the rock, Miss Claythorne. why cant i swim out to the rock?"
(pg. 87)
- Ali]]> 2021-03-02 16:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259188540 Vera Claythorne(Alexis Alahverdian) aalahverdian25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259190399 Vera Claythorne used flashback because in the story, Vera had struggled with losing Hugo because she killed Cyril. Throughout the book, Vera keeps thinking back to the moment she let Cyril die. She also flashes back to when Hugo left her. 

"Miss Claythorne, why can't I swim to the rock?" 
Irritating whiney repetition.
"It's too far, Cyril."
"But, Miss Claythorne. . . ."(Christie 88)
This shows that the memories of Hugo and Cyril keep her awake at night because she feels guilty of killing Cyril. ]]> 2021-03-02 16:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259190399 sader25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259190873 Vera used point of view when explaining "Don't you see we're the zoo...Last night,we were hardly human"chapter 16(christie). This shows from Vera's perspective they are hardly human after all Vera has done in here past and ho they have all killed and there approaching guild, they are hardly human. She sees them as animals being watched and controlled. Vera also has the perspective it was fine,what she did to cyril but deep down she knows the truth and eventually her perspective changes as she sees how what she did was not ok. Sean Ader]]> 2021-03-02 16:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259190873 Point of view is very important in this book. we see many different point of views. For example point of view is very important to Vera character. we learn so much about her that none of the characters. She Vera Is very guilty for letting Cyril swim out to the rocks. From Vera point of view she is a murder. In the begin of the book We think that that Vera is a kind women. A quote that shows this is" she must not think of Hugo." (pg 5 Christie) This is very important because none of the other characters know Hugo. we get to see Vera point of view and learn more about her. We see that she is not who she seems to be. - Jameson. jwalsh251 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259199293 2021-03-02 16:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259199293 Maddie mdelio25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259199831 Vera shows flashback throughout the book but on page 87 because she says "Hugo ... Hugo ... Why do i feel you're so near me tonight? somwhere quiet close..." i picked this as a flashback because out of the whole book i feel that Vera gets many flashbacks because of the guilt she has towards her. like an example is when the seaweed was on her ceiling she got so nervous/scared as of when if it was anyone else once they noticed it was seaweed i feel they would not have jumped or got as nervous as Vera did because they dont flashback or get the guilt/nervousness like she does 

]]> 2021-03-02 16:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259199831 Dr Armstrong (page 71-72) -Gianna gheld25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259203420 Dr. Armstrong is having a flash back from when he was drunk during his surgery and how the women he was doing the surgery on died. " Drunk---- that's what it was----drunk . . . And I opened! Nerves all to pieces---hands shaking. I killed her all right. Poor devil---elderly woman---simple job if I'd been sober. Lucky for me there's loyalty in our profession. The Sister knew, of course---but she held her tongue. God, it gave me a shock! Pulled me up. But who could have known about it----after all these years?" After this happened Dr. Armstrong regret and how you can tell that he regret it is because he stopped drinking after this. ]]> 2021-03-02 16:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259203420 Aiden amccarthy254 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259212201 She used flashback in the book by showing Veras flashback on page 87 when she was thinking,

Hugo...Hugo, why do I feel youre so near me tonight?.

Also Dr. Armstrong was having a flashback to when he was drunk during his operation and how the death of his patient was his fault, for example he states,

Drunk-thats what it was--drunk...and i operated---nerves all to pieces---hands shaking. ]]> 2021-03-02 16:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259212201 Johnathan: She used flashbacks in the book by how dark it was for the victims of the book. jsmeltz25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259215824 In vera's flashback she was very aware that cycil was drowning but she really was not trying, and then that got right back at her by hugo not wanting to see vera. on page :]]> 2021-03-02 16:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259215824 Maddie mdelio25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259240210 when i was reading through pages 16 - 17 i found foreshadowing because of Blore. it says "soldier island. He remembered soldier island as a boy... Smelly sort of rock covered with gulls - stood about a mile from the coast." i feel that this is foreshadowing and can be in a way because he is talking about solider island and about how it is and how he remembers it as an event or of a warning on what it is like ]]> 2021-03-02 16:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259240210 Alexis Alahverdian aalahverdian25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259250925 In the story, Vera Claythorne is looking around in her room and sees the poem. Vera should have sensed that something was wrong and something seemed off but didn't.  She was surprised to see the mursey rhyme that she had heard about and ignored the warning signs.  

"One little soldier boy left all alone;
He went and hanged himself and then there were None."(Christie 34).

"Vera smiled. Of course! This was soldier island! She went and sat again by the window looking out to sea." (Christie 34).

This shows us that Vera foreshadows(dismisses) the hint that Soldier Island wasn't as safe and happy as she thought it was. ]]> 2021-03-02 16:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259250925 Ali Prenner aprenner25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259251859 (pg. 16-17)
these pages show foreshadowing because Blore is refering back to how he remembers soldier island as 
"smelly sort of rock covered with gulls" 
this is kinda giving the readers an idea of how Blore saw the island and might give us a clue to what might happen next and how soldier island doesn't come off as a nice beautiful island more of like mysterious smelly and weird.]]> 2021-03-02 16:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259251859 Gianna gheld25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259266237 On pages 5 and 6 Vera is telling herself not to think about Hugo because she is thinking about the pass and how she was laying on the beach in the morning and how Hugo told her he loved her and she is also thinking about Cyril's death and how she knew she wasn't going to get there in time. " The sea---its deep warm blue---mornings spent lying out on the sands----Hugo----Hugo who had said he loved her . . . She must not think of Hugo. . . She opened her eyes and frowned across at the man opposite her. A tall man with a brown face, light eyes set rather close together and an arrogant, almost cruel mouth. She thought to herself: I bet he's been to some interesting parts of the world and seen some interesting things. . . " She is thinking about Hugo again even though she told herself that she wasn't going to. ]]> 2021-03-02 16:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259266237 Mia Carione mcarione25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259268167 Vera seams to have lots of flash backs thinking ofhugo. Hugo is a big part of her past that she cant seam to let go of. Her guilt of killing Cyril is haunting her. Looseing  Hugo is making her go crazy and think of him.

A quote to support this is, ¨And then, Hugos arms around her. I love you. i love you. You know i love you Vera? (Christie 87) This shows Vera thinking of Hugo and how much she loved him and how much he loved her. Vera cant get over hugo and she is thinking of her past with hugo. ]]> 2021-03-02 16:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259268167 Inspector Main had a point of view that maybe Morris was the murderer. He pointed out how it was odd that he was near the dead body's and he didn't smell them at all. He says that he seems suspicious because of this, "not if you knew Morris!" Inspector main said. I think this is important because it makes the reading wonder if maybe Morris really was the murderer. - Juliette junuzzolo25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259273320 2021-03-02 16:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259273320 sader25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259293233 The gun which is used by Lombard appears within the chapters while later he finds the revolver still in his vault showing it could have important signifigance in the story later like it did with wargrave. This is shown hroughout the story.]]> 2021-03-02 16:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259293233 Foreshadowing It popping up all over the book giving us clues. Every character in the books dies related to the 10 solder boys poem."Ten soldier boys went out to dine one chocked his little self and then there was nine"(pg 33 christe) This poem shows us a message that the killer wants us to know. Shows how everyoe dies.-jameson jwalsh251 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259295877 2021-03-02 16:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259295877 Mia Carione mcarione25 https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259297150 Point of view in this story is very important. This is because the author gives us information that the other characters dont know. Like in the beging of the book it was explaining everyones past and what they have done but we are the only ones who know about their murders and what they did the others are clueless. 

A quote to support this is, ¨ Cryils head, bobbing up and down, swimming to the rock... up and down up and down.. and herself,swimming in easy praticed strokes after him cleaving her way through the water but knowing, only too surely, that she wouldnt be in time.¨ (Christie 5) This quote shows how Vera killed Cryil on purpose but we are the only ones who know that information. The other characters have no idea what vera has done. ]]> 2021-03-02 16:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/plainedgeschooldistrict/w8l07r25aycjyyph/wish/1259297150