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Flitton, Caden
Starry
English 9H
15 September 2015
And Then There Were None Summer Reading Essay
In the book "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie there are many characters
with diverse traits and personalities. One of these diverse characters is Emily Brent. Emily Brent
is a very distant and cold compared to some of the other characters in the book.
Ms. Brent is an older woman that is quiet and cold-hearted. While on the island she is
very distant from the opposing characters. She does not participate very often in group
conversations about who the killer is. One of the few times she participated was when the group
was talking of who could have possibly killed General Macarthur. Ms. Brent was questioned on
where she was early that morning she answered, "I took a walk with Miss Claythorne up to the
top of the island. Afterwards I sat on the terrace in the sun" (Christie 163). Then she stated that
she stayed on the terrace until lunch. This was all Emily Brent had to say about the topic which
shows how she is distant from others and rarely adds anything to the conversation. Compared to
the others, Emily Brent is cold-hearted. Brent was charged for the death of Beatrice Taylor.
Emily later went on to admit to Vera Claythorne that she did not feel guilty about the girl's death.
Brent stated that it was the girl's choice to commit suicide and it was therefore not her own fault
that the girl had died,. While discussing the convictions with Vera, Emily said, "Her own action-

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her own sin-that is what drove her to it" (Christie 111). Miss Brent is very open with her thoughts
and feelings about past events and people. She does not try to cover up anything from the other
people on the island.
Emily Brent is an open book. She never disguised from the other characters on Soldier
Island. Even when Ms. Claythorne questioned her on the young Beatrice Taylor, Ms. Brent told
her the truth of how the girl had killed herself and how she did not feel any remorse or
responsibility for the young girl's death. Although Ms. Brent is distant and quiet, she is truly
open about her feelings and is also cold-hearted.

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Works Cited
Christie, Agatha. And Then There Were None. New York. Harper Collins

Publisher, 1940. Print