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Plot Summary of University
"UC Brea was once praised for its high honors. But the school is going throught very evil changes this semester. There is a lot of violence. Women are being raped. Students are jumping off of buildings. No one is getting along. Only a few people have noticed this and come together to figure out and fight this evil that has taken over the school."
Sherrie L. Jones, Resident Scholar

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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - journalist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - An "It".
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - mind reading - mind control - super strength - can cast all sorts of spells - can read emotions
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Earth setting: - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - descript of touching personal anatomy - licking - use of artificial tools - weird alien sex - actual description of sex - lesbians! - description of breasts - descript. of private male anat. - rape/molest (yeech!)
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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