CHAPTER VI (6)

Journal Questions:

1. MAKE OR BREAK RELATIONSHIPS. In a survival situation, what kinds of relationships a character forms with others may hold the key to whether they survive or die.

A. AN ALLIANCE. Name two characters who appear to have formed an alliance. Support your idea with evidence from the text. Speculate as to why have they appeared to have formed a bond. (one paragraph)

B. FRENEMIES. Name two characters who appear to not like each other very much. Support your idea with evidence from the text. Speculate as to why have they appeared to have a strained relationship. (one paragraph)

C. A LONER. Name one character who appears to be going it alone, neither attempting to form alliances nor making any enemies. Support your idea with evidence from the text. Speculate as to why have they appeared to have chosen to avoid forming relationships with others. (one paragraph)


2. ANIMAL METAPHORS. Agatha Christie uses the metaphor of the characters being like frightened animals in a cage. She specifically describes several characters as appearing or acting like particular animals, repeating the same metaphorical creature assigned to each character throughout the book.

Name one character who is described like an animal. Which character and which animal? Support your idea with evidence from the text. Why does she choose to assign this particular animal's attribute's to this particular character? How does it help tell the story?

You may need to got back to look into previous chapters. (one paragraph)