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Plot & ThemesStory of personal feelings? - search for identity The enemy is... - Indians Robbery story? - a stagecoach Kind of story? - adventure thru wilderness - lawman keeping the peace - defending against enemy - rescuing hostage(s) - hunting enemy Love/Sex? - Main character has sex with a prostitute? Who is good, who is bad? - Whities good - Indians bad - Mexicans bad Who is tough/wimpy, smart/dumb? - Men tough - Women wimpy Misc Cliche Subplots - hanging? - prostitutes & poker in saloonMain CharacterGender: - Male Profession/status: - police/lawman Age: - 20's-30'sSettingHow much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 () Where does story take place? - Texas - General West Mountains/Cliffs - Yes Farm/Ranch? - Yes Farm/Ranch: - farm - ranch Small town? - Yes Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee - dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle Misc setting - prison - fort/military installation Time book takes place in: - 19th century Prairie? - YesWriting StylePart of a series? - Yes overall quality of this book? - 8 Person - rotating 1st How much gore? - 8 () How much suspense/how unpredictable? - 4 () How much action? - 10 () Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture Happy ending? - neutral How much dialogue/talking among characters? - 8 () How much non-dialogue descript of thoughts & feelings? - 5 () How much romance? - 4 () Non-dialogue thoughts/feelings primarily about: (optional) - thoughts about society/group - thoughts for/about others - thinking about puzzle/mystery/unknown - thinking about plan of attack - thinking cynical commentary - thinking about plan of action Kind of Series - Other Series Is book humorous? - Yes If humorous, kind of humor - Dry-cynical - eccentric personalities Sex in book? - Yes What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female anat. Minor characters feature lots of: - cowboys - Indians - politicians - blue collar types - police/investigators - criminals - military - prostitutesThemeSaving others - Yes Saving others, risking: - life Saving others: - members of group Growing Pains - Yes Growing pains: - looking for sex - looking for independence - looking for boy/girlfriend Loss of innocence - Yes Loss of innocence: - caused by prostitution - caused by exposed to atrocities of war - causing hardening of character - causing cynicism - causing greater awareness of how world works Search for Identity - Yes Search for identity: - what group one belongs to - what profession one belongs to - who one belongs with - what one is meant to do - what one has been in the past Alienation - Yes Alienation from: - from friends Justice - Yes Setting things right for: - self - friends Setting things right by means of: - taking powers in own hands Loss - Yes Loss of: - friend Loss causing: - anger - sorrow - search for recovery |
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