![]() The class system and discrimination prevail during the time period, hence the background of these characters is important to the text as it sets the suspenseful mood as all characters are expected to act a certain way because of their stereotypical description. ![]() Valerie Hobhouse, Celia Austin, Patricia Lane, Gopal Ram, Nigel Chapman and, Ahmed Ali are some of the students at the hostel. Poirot's determination to solve this deceiving mystery makes this novel more suspenseful.Based in the 1930s in England, in a crowded student hostel on the Hickory Road, most of the characters that live at the hostel come from different nations. When inquiries are made, it is discovered that every student has something to hide. ![]() ![]() Hubbard, the warden of the hostel to help find the culprit. Hercule Poirot, a Belgian sleuth is obsessed with “disappearances” at a hostel on the Hickory Road where the students and the reader understand not to judge a person based on first acquaintance. ![]() Light bulbs, chocolates, a slashed rucksack, flannel trousers and a diamond ring that is later found in a bowl of soup, huh? Hickory Dickoy Dock by Agatha Christie set in 1930s UK is a mystery novel entailing crime and wisdom. ![]()
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