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| Plot Summary of Bad Boy |
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"BAD BOY is the first part of Jim Thompson's autobiography he wrote in 1953.
This is the story of Jim Thompson's childhood in Oklahoma and Texas. The family follows Jim's father who was a lawyer, a politician and a businessman active in the oil business at a stretch. Jim, always moving, never had the time to make friends at school. Jim learned to smoke with his grandfather and took a job as a bellboy in a grand hotel. A few months later, due to his drinking habit, he undergoes a crisis and must rest, between life and death, in bed. Then, he decides to go west and finally takes a job as a night watcher of pipeline fields. He finally comes back home and gets involved in the alcohol traffic in the middle of the prohibition. The first part of the autobiography ends with Jim Thompson leaving town with his mother and his little brother for the university of nebraska."
Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- trouble in high school
- committing crimes
- boozing
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 (a fair amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
- Midwest
Desert?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Century:
- 1900-1920's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- eccentric personalities
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- selfishness
- capitalism
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Autobiography?
Yes
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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