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Plot Summary of Foe
"Susan Barton, an English woman looking for her lost daughter in Brazil, finds herself lost in an island where she meets Robinson Crusoe and his servant Friday. Crusoe dies in the process, and Susan and Friday return to England. However, Susan can't establish any relations with Friday since he's lost his tongue in the island. She must learn to cope with his and her own survival in London, as she writes letters about her story to a citizen named Daniel Foe, a novelist who's being persecuted by high debts and must write a story to pay them."
Augusto Wong Campos, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 18th century
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - savage living in civilization
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - 40's-50'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 - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 (a fair amount)
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Island? Yes
Island: - Caribbean Islands

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual Style: - written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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