Hubbard who spent the entire trip talking, wondering out loud and obsessing over her daughter. The slightest mention that even sent a spark of her daughter into mind, shot a long and unnecessary tale of her beloved child into the moaning ears of the suffering passengers. The masks worn by each and every character, man or woman is due to the mystery behind her novels. The generalizations she made about foreigners were also the usual "troupe of pasteboard stereotypes- (Dingley 1).
The main character's life seems oddly unaffected by the trauma unfolding around him. Poirot is unchanged by the murders, deceit, and shocking discoveries that are told throughout the novel. The reason behind this technique is to fool the reader. Hercule Poirot is seen as "not just an empty container, but a central plot-function operating in a legitimate and interesting mode of discourse (Birns 9). A character in mode is acting a part that protects and serves his or her self-hidden "inside-, which persuades the criminal as well as the reader into believing that the detective will prevent no significant challenge. At the end, authority of the detective is subtly, but thoroughly affirmed to all. The mystery and secret clever intelligence of Poirot lies in his ability to be "disguised as a harmless of English tabby- (Birns 8). Thereby, giving the suspects a false sense of comfort, making them shed their guard and allowing them to expose incriminating details.
The outstanding worldwide popularity of the work is due in large to her ability to have her characters represent the common man. Having the characters set as ordinary allow people to picture the attributes of each person in a familiar way, regardless of their nationality or point in time. Christie wrote as if "humanity were the same all over the world (Keating 43). The reaction of her characters is one of a worldwide standard regardless of color, creed, or nationality.
