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Plot Summary of Under the wheel
"Hans Giebenrath is a boy who lives with his father in a small town. This boy is very intelligent and he is preparing for the exams of a religion school. He was second in the exams of the elite of Germany and so he was allowed to fulfill his dream and enter the school. But in the school he realised that what he wanted was not to be the best, but to find a true friend. The whole society tried to make him abandon the friendship and to make him concentrate on the school. The result was to sent him back to his father where he tries to put an end to his life."
Alexandros Livadefs, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story: - grade school
Something wrong upstairs/downstairs? - searching for identity/meaning

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality - German
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - physically sick

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

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - Germany

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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