A Family And Their Revenge In Agatha Christie’s Novel Murder On The Orient Express (1934): A Sociological Approach

This research is about a family that is revenge on a vile criminal who has been successfully free from the law on Agatha Christie’s novel with the tittle Murder On The Orient Express (1934). The researcher used sociological approach to analyze this book. There are three objectives of this research. First, to know what is the biggest motive that affected Armstrong’s family to revenge on Cassetti. Second, to describe how Armstrong's family can commit Ratchett's murder together in the novel Muurder On The Orient Express (1934). Third, to reveal why Agatha Christie create Murder On The Orient Express (1934) novel. This research is a qualitative research. In this research, the primary data and the secondary data are the data sources which used by the researcher. The primary data source of the study is Agatha Christie’s Novel Murder On The Orient Express (1934) which was published in 1934. The sources of secondary data are taken from other resources which are related to the study; website, articles, biography of the author, and some books which dealing with the research. In this study has 3 conclusions. First, the biggest motive that is affected of Armstrong’s family to revenge on Cassetti there are there are three the biggest motive to revenge on Cassetti, namely (1) Daisy Armstrong's kidnapping, (2) The accusations against of Susanne (the Armstrong's nurse-maid), (3) Bribery committed by Cassetti to avoid punishment from the court. Second, the Armstrong family conspired to plan how to revenge on Cassetti without any suspicion from anyone and invite the closest people to help. Third, the reason Agatha Christie made this novel because based on her experiences related to six days and some cases on the train that really happened around her. Key Words: Family, Revenge, Sociological Approac