Murder On The Orient Express
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'The reason for the murder lies in the past.' Hercule Poirot says those words towards the end of Murder on the Orient Express, writer Agatha Christie's 1934 mystery novel about the hunt for a.
Hercule Poirot solves the greatest case of his career aboardthe Orient Express. Star David Suchet is joined by a first class rail car full of great actors, including Dame Eileen Atkins, Barbara Hershey and Hugh Bonneville.
- This Murder on the Orient Express gives the story a slightly more modern perspective; some of the races are changed and the era’s attitudes challenged, although there is a smug gag about a.
- The Murder on the Orient Express Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you.
- Murder on the Orient Express was expected to be a hit; however, it beat expectations earning nearly $350 million worldwide. The studio ’s share of the box office was about $150 million compared to $55 million for its production budget and likely under $100 million for its combined budget.
- Hercule Poirot, the best detective in the world, decides to travel on the Orient Express. The train accidentally gets stopped because of a small avalanche. Little did he know that a murder was planned and that a person on this train was capable of committing such crime.
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The Scales of Justice and Society in Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express is more than just a murder mystery. It is a novel that utilizes a great deal of existing social issues of the era in which it was written and formed a commentary on those issues while giving the reader an intriguing yet approachable narrative. Through this approach, Agatha Christie has given the reader an opportunity to see the world through the eyes of the seasoned private investigator Hercule Poirot. In this world, nothing is at it seems and apparent coincidence belies a hidden truth, a world in which the geographical connections created by passenger railways allowed people of different nationalities and classes to rub elbows.…show more content…
M. Bouc proclaimed his views on Italians directly after the interviewing of Antonio Foscarelli, “‘He has been a long time in America, said M. Bouc, ‘and he is an Italian, and Italians use the knife! And they are great liars! I do not like Italians’” (144). These personality traits as being defined by their nationality are no more as possible as the ability to kill being defined by their nationality. These views are bigoted or prejudiced, but it is important to remember that most of the passengers are playing their respective roles in a plot to commit murder. They are adopting stereotypes about other countries in order to play their parts more effectively. A fine example of this takes place with Mrs. Hubbard. Throughout the novel she is a brash, irritating American who grates on many around her with her parody of the typical American. It is only until much later in the novel that we see how much of this is truly an act in order to get by undetected. As an American, she chose to appear more of what foreigners deem “American” in order to truly throw off the sent that she could have anything to do with the murder. That very act itself reveals perceptions of nationality in Christies’ era. In order to maintain the charade the passengers must act as someone of their class and nationality would to avoid suspicion. Amongst the social issues addressed in the novel, the insufficiency of the law in the United States drew my attention. Discussions of prohibition and laws
Murder on the Orient Express is more than just a murder mystery. It is a novel that utilizes a great deal of existing social issues of the era in which it was written and formed a commentary on those issues while giving the reader an intriguing yet approachable narrative. Through this approach, Agatha Christie has given the reader an opportunity to see the world through the eyes of the seasoned private investigator Hercule Poirot. In this world, nothing is at it seems and apparent coincidence belies a hidden truth, a world in which the geographical connections created by passenger railways allowed people of different nationalities and classes to rub elbows.…show more content…
M. Bouc proclaimed his views on Italians directly after the interviewing of Antonio Foscarelli, “‘He has been a long time in America, said M. Bouc, ‘and he is an Italian, and Italians use the knife! And they are great liars! I do not like Italians’” (144). These personality traits as being defined by their nationality are no more as possible as the ability to kill being defined by their nationality. These views are bigoted or prejudiced, but it is important to remember that most of the passengers are playing their respective roles in a plot to commit murder. They are adopting stereotypes about other countries in order to play their parts more effectively. A fine example of this takes place with Mrs. Hubbard. Throughout the novel she is a brash, irritating American who grates on many around her with her parody of the typical American. It is only until much later in the novel that we see how much of this is truly an act in order to get by undetected. As an American, she chose to appear more of what foreigners deem “American” in order to truly throw off the sent that she could have anything to do with the murder. That very act itself reveals perceptions of nationality in Christies’ era. In order to maintain the charade the passengers must act as someone of their class and nationality would to avoid suspicion. Amongst the social issues addressed in the novel, the insufficiency of the law in the United States drew my attention. Discussions of prohibition and laws