The+Murder+of+Roger+Ackroy+by+Agatha+Christie

= //The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.// =

//1/5 of the Book//

Who could of killed Roger Ackroyd ?**
 * Questions-

__Dr. James Sheppard-__ He's a doctor and is also the narrator of the story. __Caroline-__ Sheppard's older sister __Mrs. Ferrars-__The woman Dr. Sheppard tried to save but she passed away once he arrived. __Mr. Ackroyd-__ close friends with Mrs. Ferrars, he also owns Fernly Park. __Ralph Paton__- Mr. Ackroyd's stepson __Mr. Poirot-__new neighbor that Caroline and Dr. Sheppard are curious about. __Flora-__ Mr. Ackroyd's neice.
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Our disscuison started out with talking about our food that Hans brought in. After we ate the bars, we talked about how we didnt understand the book that well. There were many character that's had a main part like Dr. Sheppard and Caroline. They are brother and sister. Jake posted questions about the 5 chapters that we each had to read. They werent the easiest questions so most of us were stuck. In the first few chapters we were introduced that Roger Ackroyd was maybe having an affair with another women, which we werent sure whom she was. AS we will continue reading our next 5 chapters, hopefully we will be closer to finding out who killed Roger Ackord.
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//2/5 of the Book// Who do you think killed Roger Ackroyd?** We think Ralph Paton killed him because one of the detectives went into full detail about how they think he killed him. We think he's the killer and fled from town. Because he's one of the most famous investigators. Yes, because Dr. Shepard kind of recognized him. We don't know but it has to do something with the murder.
 * Questions-
 * Where do you think Ralph Paton went?**
 * Why do you think Flora wants Mr. Poriot to help?**
 * Do you think the guy who Dr. Shepard ran into was the killer?**
 * Why do you think the grandfather's chair was moved?**

Doctor Sheppard- He is the doctor that helps investegate the murder of Mrs. Ferrar. Then he helps out with the murder of Roger Ackroyd. __Poriot-__ We figured out that he was a very famous private investagator. __Caroline-__ The sister of Dr. Sheppard, who is very noisy but seems to know what is going on. __Mrs. Russel-__She was mysteriously in the dinning room right before the murder of Roger. __Ralph Pation-__ He is Roger Ackroyd son who mysterously disapaered right after the death of his father. __Parke-__ number one suspect of the murder.
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Our group had a very improved discussion from week one. We all read and was intrigued about many of the same points of the book. Although the snacks weren't the best, the discussion was. The questions Hans posed just made us want to read more to figure out the real answers. We were introduced to many characters this week also. We learned about almost all the servers in the buildings of Roger Ackroyd and are coming even closer to who could of killed him. We vividly talked about who we think the killer could be, and as of now we came down to two suspects, Ralph Paton or Parker the butler. Parker was the only one in the house who could of, and Ralph could of been that guy who ran into Dr. Sheppard while he was walking home. Alot of questions still haunt us, but hopefully we get even closer to the murder in these next five chapters. //3/5 of the Book//
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Yes, it is very possible that Ursula could of killed him but she had no reason too. Yes, M. Poirot is a very skilled inspector and had solved every mystery he's inspected so far. I think the ring found in the pond was Ralph's wife's ring that he accidentally dropped on his way to kill his step-father. I think he wants help from Dr. Sheppard because I think he knows that Dr. Sheppard knows more about this mystery than he has shared with anyone. Yes, but i dont see why any women would have wanted too kill him.
 * Do you think Ursula Bourne killed Roger Ackroyd?**
 * Do you think M. Poirot will get to the bottom of this mystery?**
 * What does the ring found in the pond have to do with anything?**
 * Why does M. Poirot want help from Dr. Sheppard?**
 * Could of a women killed Roger Ackroyd?**

__Dr. Sheppard-__ Now working with M. Poirot to find out who commited the murder. __Ralph Paton-__ Still has not been in the story yet, only mentioned and seen from a far. __Parker-__ Still one of the prime suspects of the murder. __Geoffrey Raymond-__ Secretary, pretty trusted not really a suspect. __Major Blunt-__ Very quiet, provided a lot of help to investigation but in few words. __M. Poirot-__ Investigator __Flora Ackroyd-__ Ralph's fiance, very determined that Ralph didn't commit murder.
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//4/5 of the Book//

I don't think so, because everyone believes he did the murder and if he did the murder he probably ran off with the 40 pounds he stole. ****Will Flora stay on Ralph's side, or will she finally admit that Ralph did the murder?** I think flora will eventually start to admit that Ralph could of done the murder, due to all of the evidence pointing to him. We think M. Poirot can get more information out of Caroline that he doesn't know already. He believes that everyone has more information about the murder and he wants to know it so he can get to the bottom of the murder. I think everyone is trying to protect someone by not telling M. Poirot. Will they get to the bottom of this murder?** Yes, I think they already have.
 * Questions-**
 * Will Ralph Paton ever show up?
 * Why did M. Poirot talk to Caroline?**
 * What do you think M. Poirot's intentions were when he had that "meeting" at the Ackroyd's house?

__Dr. Sheppard-__ Now interrogating people, to help M. Poirot __Ursula Bourne__- Now a top suspect, with Ralph Paton. __Flora Ackryod__- Starting to believe that Ralph could of commited the murder, even though she doesn't want too. __M. Poirot-__ Getting frustrated with the fact that nobody is telling him any information.
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This week's meeting of book club was quite successful. The only minor mistake was the food. There could have been a bit more to eat. But that setback actually catapulted us straight into our work. Since we had little food, we started the discussions early. It started with Jake's open ended questions. (above) They were really well thought out and our group had a lot of interesting answers to each question. We also learned more about the characters and we're getting really close to figuring out this mystery. Although this book is very confusing and hard to follow, our group is starting to put all the pieces together.
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//End of Book//

Because he was the son of Miss Russell and she didn't tell anyone about that. Because he wanted to secure the innocence of Ralph Paton. Because he was scared that Ursula would give him in on there engagement. Because he was the one to blackmail Mrs. Ferrars and he knew Mr. Ackroyd would kill him after he found that out. He also wanted to prove Poirot wrong even though Poirot outsmarted him. He used all the clues and suspected him the whole time, he is a great detective.
 * Questions-**
 * Why does Poirot suspect Kent so heavily?**
 * Why did James not tell Poirot about meeting with Ralph?**
 * Why did Ralph flee for so long?**
 * Why did Dr. Sheppard kill Mr. Ackroyd?**
 * How did Poirot figure out the killer?**

__**Characters-** Dr. Sheppard-__ Is the killer, very smart and clever but not smart enough to outsmart Poirot __Poirot__- Figured out Sheppard was the killer __Ursula Bourne-__ Was secretly engaged to Ralph, upset with him at the end. __Ralph Paton-__ Was secretly in love with Ursula __Miss Russell-__ Mother of Kent

No, because this book was too advanced for 9th graders. The length of the book, the vocabulary, and the story line was too advanced. Less because this book was very descriptive about its theme and points. I would not recommend putting this book on the school curriculum because it was very hard to follow and alot of the time we didnt know what was going on.
 * Questions-**
 * Would you recommend it to peers? Why or why not?**
 * Has this topic been discussed more/less effectively in another book or books?**
 * Should this book be considered for the school's curriculum?**

For our last group meeting of book club, Hans brought in dunkin donuts munchkins. After we ate most of them, we had Jake ask us his questions. Since this book was confusing we did not know the answers that quickly. We had to think about them but after all we figured them out. Some of us had an idea that Mr. Shepperd was the killer all along and at the end of the book, we found out that he was. He had blackmail on Mr. Ackroyd and did not want anyone to fnid out so he just killed him instead. This meeting tied everything up.
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