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| Plot Summary of Magic Fire |
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"Mark Charm is a high school senior who has a crush on a beautiful and talented schoolmate, Jessa Wellings. One night, after seeing her star in a performance of her play, Mark meets Jessa in her dressing room to make his feelings known to her. To his delight, she goes out with him, but he soon finds that there is something peculiar about Jessa. She insists that he take a special drug called MAZE with her - a drug that supposedly makes them "see reality".
After his mother's death from cancer, Mark, being a pyromaniac, feels the need to burn something to release his frustration. He decides to set the whole town to fire, and succeeds, but ends up getting himself and Jessa trapped in the heat. They are rescued by a strange man, Mr. Grimes, who claims that Mark has the ability to start fires with his mind, and wants him to use this ability to save humanity from an alien race. Mark soon learns that Jessa's love for him has been tainted with conspiracy all along, and that humanity has already been taken over by the aliens. As he battles to save humanity, he unravels Jessa's true motivations, becomes trapped in a web of illusions, and ultimately learns the true meaning of MAZE. "
panna jamson, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Magic Fire |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%
Tone of book
- depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Mental/magical powers focus
Yes
magical powers:
- firestarter (scifi)
If an invasion, from Earth/human POV:
- subtle invasion (mind control, lookalikes)
War or Invasion
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Has magical/special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- telekinesis
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- student
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- teleportation
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- unfriendly aliens
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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