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Book Review By Dixie Dodd
I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe

Charlotte Simmons is a young girl, brilliant but poor, from the mountains of North Carolina who wins a scholarship to a prestigious northeast university. She thinks she knows who she is. The problem is, that she keeps judging herself by what she is afraid that other people think, even people she does not like nor value.   

She is shocked to discover that all the worldly wise rich students are just as rude and crude, if not more so, than the hillbillys she despised back home. She tries at first to enjoy the life of the mind, which she does value and feels is part of the definition of who she is. Unfortunately, she soon gets sidetracked and becomes involved with a charming but amoral fraternity boy. Things go from bad to worse, with alcohol, sex, and inferior grades following.

Tom Wolfe uses her eyes to survey the current college culture, and what we see is not pretty.

   


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day)
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story: - college
Wild kid(s)? - druggie culture (& crime)
Loving/sexing? - guy chasing

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - society

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 9 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - Boob talk! - Vagia talk! - Weiner talk!
Lot of foul language? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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