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Plot & ThemesThe enemy is... - Mexicans Kind of story? - defending against enemy Love/Sex? - Conflict bringing two lovers together Who is good, who is bad? - Whities good - Mexicans bad Who is tough/wimpy, smart/dumb? - Men tough - Women toughMain CharacterGender: - Female Profession/status: - unemployed Age: - 20's-30's Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? - YesSettingHow much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 () Where does story take place? - Texas Small town? - Yes Misc setting - fort/military installation Time book takes place in: - 19th centuryWriting Styleoverall quality of this book? - 10 Person - mostly 3rd How much gore? - 3 () How much suspense/how unpredictable? - 5 () How much action? - 5 () Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths Happy ending? - tragic How much dialogue/talking among characters? - 9 () How much non-dialogue descript of thoughts & feelings? - 8 () How much romance? - 8 () Is there a theme to the dialogue? (optional) - discussion of society/group - planning a course of action - verbal fencing with characters - discussing nature of environment Non-dialogue thoughts/feelings primarily about: (optional) - thoughts about society/group - thoughts for/about others - thinking about plan of action Is book humorous? - Yes How much humor? - 2 () If humorous, kind of humor - Dry-cynical - eccentric personalities Sex in book? - Yes What kind of sex: - vague references Minor characters feature lots of: - militaryThemeFight for freedom - Yes Fight for freedom from: - tyrants Fight for freedom by: - armed force |
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