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Plot Summary of Children of the Sea
"In Children of the Sea, a ship picks up a black man named James Wait. He soon falls ill, and the other sailors tend to him as he dies. They discover some basic truths about society as a whole."
Amanda Van Laarhoven, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 19th century
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - vague finding self/purpose in life (i.e. no plot to book)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Exploring into the wild Yes
kind of story - water adventure

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - navy soldier
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - emotionally unstable
Ethnicity/Nationality - Black
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Dumb
Physique - physically sick

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 (an average amount)
Asia/Pacific Yes
Ice Caps/Sea? Yes
Where? - Ocean

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual Style: - No single main character?
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