5/21/12   Monday

Chapter III Journal Questions

1. Who Was Accused of What? List each character and the crime they are accused of from the voice on the gramophone.

2. Central Object. The ceramic Indians will play a significant role in the story that follows. What important central objects or focal points have you seen before in other books, tv shows, or movies

3. The Call of Leadership. After the gramophone plays the record, which character or characters seem to step into leadership roles, attempting to take control of the situation, and how? Why do you think these people were the natural leaders?

4. Play on Words. What does U. N. Owen really mean?

5. Diabolic Machinations. What does the combination of the Ten Little Indians poem, the swan song record, the ceramic figurines, and the use of the name U.N. Owen tell you about the "dangerous and homicidal lunatic" who invited them to the island?