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Casting the First Stone
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Plot Summary of Casting the First Stone
"A black family's marriage falls apart."
Rena Finney, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Casting the First Stone
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot: - inconveniently married while playing footsy - seduction of someone else's wife

Main Male Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Focus of story - Him
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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