RCC Philosophy The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Book Essay

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RCC Philosophy The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Book Essay

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Reading Papers: Here are the rules for the papers on readings: First Read the book

  • Identify and discuss critically one philosophical theme in the book.
  • The structure of an ideal paper is:

(a) an introduction in which you clearly identify the philosophical theme you plan to discuss and, if possible, say what you’re going to say about it;

(b) the body of the paper in which you trace key elements of the theme in the book (quotations helpful—but only a few key ones); and

(c) a conclusion in which you sum up the book’s overall treatment of the theme.

 

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THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD Agatha Christie Chapter 1 DR SHEPPARD AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE Mrs Ferrars died on the night of the 16th-17th September—a Thursday. I was sent for at eight o’clock on the morning of Friday the 17th. There was nothing to be done. She had been dead some hours. It was just a few minutes after nine when I reached home once more. I opened the front door with my latchkey, and purposely delayed a few moments in the hall, hanging up my hat and the light overcoat that I had deemed a wise precaution against the chill of an early autumn morning. To tell the truth, I was considerably upset and worried. I am not going to pretend that at that moment I foresaw the events of the next few weeks. I emphatically did not do so. But my instinct told me that there were stirring times ahead. From the dining-room on my left there came the rattle of tea-cups and the short,