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Plot Summary of The Renaissance Group
"Bruce Hastie, a young Scottish engineer, plunges into the smoke, grime and heat of a London foundry and finds Heavy, a colossus of a working man, reading poetry. From this paradox springs the hope of an artistic renaissance where musicians, writers and artists enter factories to enliven and change people's lives. But social change comes with a price - death and destruction. Can the movement survive in such a materialistic world?"
Bernard G. Lord, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Life of a profession: - blue collar worker
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - nature of existence (heavy philosophy)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - engineer
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - Switzerland
City? Yes
City: - London

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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