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Plot Summary of Created, the Destroyer
"Newark Police Officer Remo Williams is framed for the murder of a heroin dealer and sentenced to death. An organization called CURE, whose existence is known only to the President and is designed with a cell structure, conducts an elaborate use that involves faking his death. He is drafted into CURE and instructed on how to become the ultimate assassin.
The culmination of his training involves instruction in the martial arts by an elderly Korean named Chuin. Williams is then pitted against a group of mob assassins that CURE's contacts have called MAXWELL. The group performs jobs for a prominent New York Mafia family, and has become powerful enough to turn against it.
Williams is sent to infiltrate and destroy MAXWELL by seducing the daughter of Fenton, who appears to be the group's middle-management type. Williams violently kills several thugs associated with the group as they begin to become suspicious."

Brian Woodman Jr., Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Created, the Destroyer
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - Dry-cynical
Time/era of story: - 1960's-1970's
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - vigilante getting revenge
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - breaking up gang

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - champion of justice
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - US mafia
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas
Unusual forms of death - crushed
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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