There's nothing better than an island holiday for most people, at least that's what 10 people thought at start. In And Then There Were None 10 people are sent to an island for crimes unfathomable to a normal person; they've all killed someone in one grisly way or another. While on the island, these 10 people are left for dead, each one being killed one by one. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get Original Essay In Agatha Christie's novel, And Then There Were None, two people who deserved death the most were Philip Lombard and General Macarthur due to their selfishness acts against others; however Emily Brent was less deserving of death because she didn't actually kill anyone, unlike the others on the island. And because of the actions of everyone on the island, justice is served. Filippo Lombard was undoubtedly one of the most selfish on the island. During the first few hours they were on the island a gramophone record was played, explaining why each of the island's inhabitants were now exiled and left to die there. The gramophone announced: "Philip Lombard that on a date in February 1932 you were guilty of twenty-one men, members of a West African tribe." Obviously this act against another group of people was selfish because he had raided a tribe of twenty-one men for himself. Instead of simply taking what he needed to buy, he stole everything from them and left them there to die. Lombard treated these people as if they were objects, as if they had nothing to lose, but he had everything to lose. It was selfish to rob those people of their lives, when he had the opportunity to spare their lives and take only what little food and water they would need to survive. Another example of Philip Lombard's selfishness is when he started thinking about Vera Claythorne when he first saw her. He didn't think of her as a person, he thought of her as an object he could move forward with, thinking, "He'd rather deal with that." Lombard wasn't thinking about whether or not she would like him, he was just thinking about whether or not he would be able to have intercourse with her for personal gain. Just like with the African tribe, he considered her just an object in his court. One final way Lombard showed his selfishness was when he hid his gun from everyone on the island; he only admitted possessing it when Blore called him saying, "I want to know why you brought a gun down here." Lombard knew there was a killer on the island and continued to hide his gun from the other inhabitants so he could use it for himself, instead of making it known that he had one. He used the gun to gain an advantage over others. It was selfish to hide the gun because he's in the same boat as everyone else on the island; he's there because he killed people like everyone else, except for Emily Brent. Philip Lombard was undoubtedly a selfish man, but so was General Macarthur. General Macarthur was also a selfish man who knowingly led a man to his death. During the first hours spent on the island, the gramophone played and it was stated that "John Gordon Macarthur that on the 4th of January 1917 you deliberately sent to his death your wife's lover, Arthur Richmond". After listening to the gramophone it is evident that Macarthur had no remorse for killing Arthur Richmond; he was selfish in the sense that he couldn't let go of his wife who obviously loved Richmond very much. General Macarthur unjustly killed Richmond for his personal gain against his wife. It was selfish of him to take the life of someone and everyone he loved. Another act of selfishness was that General Macarthur has.