What the reader fails to realize is that the narration starts directly after the murder, therefore, the narrator’s lack of mentioning of his own actions at the time is plausible. Alexander (2006) reinstates this argument: “this makes him a character who is closer to the reader than all others his actions are fully described, and everything the reader sees or hears is only what Sheppard himself could see or hear”. This is one of Christie’s main techniques to manipulate her audience and disorient them. As Sheppard uses the first personal pronoun “I” to tell the story, he is automatically removed from the reader’s list of suspects. Furthermore, Häljestam (2016) argues that “The domination of the narrative is of course an active choice from the author, which in turn enables the self-conscious narrator to deceive the reader”. Psychological theories have always been concerned about the possible reasons behind a criminal act. Sareri and Maria (2018) claim that “the narrator Dr.Sheppard creates a conflict by continuously lying and deceiving, but that does not affect the judgment of Poirot, as he reveals in the end that he knew who the culprit was, but lacked evidence”. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie as a Detective Novel There has been a long debate on the issue that whether a nature of a person or the circumstances has induced the crime. This is another sign that Poirot is more interested in bringing his investigation to psychological closure than in enforcing the law.Nevertheless, Poirot, much like any undefeatable detective in crime fiction, comes to the right conclusion and exposes the identity of the murderer in front of the victim’s friends and family. Sheppard is the murderer, but, interestingly, doesn’t turn Sheppard over to the police, instead allowing Sheppard to settle his affairs and die by his own hand. At the end of the novel, Poirot deduces that Dr. Like many fictional detectives, Poirot isn’t motivated by money, or by any concrete reward for his ingenuity rather, he seems to take on cases because of an abstract, philosophical interest in human behavior and a general desire to solve puzzles that seem inscrutable to others. Sheppard to talk about his private medical conversations with a suspect, and he also posts a false story in the newspaper. Poirot isn’t above bending the rules to solve his crime-in the novel, he convinces Dr. He’s an excellent researcher, who doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty to solve a case however, his greatest strength is arguably his ability to think psychologically, sizing up his suspects’ personalities and assessing their precise motives for committing a crime. Nevertheless, Poirot repeatedly proves himself to be a first-rate detective. A brilliant, often arrogant Belgian with a flair for the dramatic, Poirot can sometimes be irritating to the people around him-his flamboyant continental style clashes with the English characters’ simplicity and directness. Hercule Poirot is the detective at the center of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, as well as many other Agatha Christie stories, novels, and plays.
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