Tuesday, September 23, 2014

And ThenThere Were None Essay

 Raygene English                                                                                    
 Mrs. Belden
Honors English I
12 September 2014
                              And  Then There Were None Essay
PART I
           In the whole cheating on the exam scenario, I would feel kind of bad  in the situation because, I would feel like I didn’t earn the A. The guilt would probably make me feel, extremely terrified because, I did a terrible thing and, I would know the punishment would be severe. I would probably not try to confront my guilt I would be too scared to.
         I think students cheat because, they’re scared of getting a bad grade and, completely ruining their grade point average. What causes, this to happen is most likely peer pressure from other kids. I think some students end up feeling like cheating isn’t really wrong because, they aced the test and, that was their goal and thats all that matters to them.

PART II
        I was shocked by the way the girl tried to persuade me into cheating on the exam. I was leaning towards saying no, but then I caught the eyes of  Hugo, my classmate. Hugo’s eyes wanted me to say yes to the cheating process, so I decided to go along with it. After Hugo took all the blame for the exam cheating,I felt very guilty about the whole thing. After, Hugo got in trouble for the exam cheating, I guess Hugo decided, to take a major disliking to me. As the days went on I was brutally neglected by Hugo, I was scowled at and, his friends shouted rude things at me. It didn't take rocket science to know that, Hugo blamed absolutely everything on me.        
            So, finally all the guilt and neglection took me, Vera Claythorne to my grave. I put the noose around my neck and, I kicked the chair over and, hung myself in my room. Before my abrupt death I wrote my apologies to Hugo on how sorry I was, that I stood by and watched him take the blame.

PART III
      My reasoning for writing how Vera Claythorne would act,when going through the exam cheating situation was because of Hugo and if he was apart of it she would most likely go along with it. Of course, the guilt would end up eating away at her. I made Hugo neglect her because, I knew as Vera's character that would push her even farther, to the edge. " Hugo... Hugo... Why do I feel you're so near to me tonight? ... Somewhere quite close... " Where is he really? I don't know. I never shall know. He just went away- right away- out of my life."" Vera Claythorne wondered (Christie 87).
    My second reasoning why, I chose to recreate Vera Claythorne's way of voice in part II for her to kill herself because, I knew that all the guilt from the exam and neglect from Hugo would push her way clear over,the edge. "A rope with a noose all ready? And a chair to stand upon- a chair that could be kicked away... That was what Hugo wanted.. And of course that was the last line of the rhyme. " He went and hanged himself and then there were none...""  Vera Claythorne acknowledged (Christie 268).



    In part II I decided to write in the mind of Vera Claythorne.    I chose Vera Claythorne because, I knew that she is very strong minded but, easily becomes weak when there's a guy added to the equation which can easily influence her decision making. Hugo leads Vera to saying yes to cheating scenario, and it ends up resulting in Hugo taking the blame and neglecting her because she didn't try to step forward. Hugo left Vera feeling very vonderable, and depressed. This leads Vera to her suicidal hanging from her bedroom.
   


                                   

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