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Plot Summary of Black Friday
"This is an awesome book about the third world war: The end of Wall Street. Arch Carroll is the main character, and he is a lot like Alex Cross (For those of you who read other Patterson books) This is an older book, but still worth reading. Patterson has always been the master, and continues to be just that."
Steve Schmitz, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Black Friday
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%




Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - escape/rescue from kidnappers
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - government investigator
Age: - 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
Motive of antagonist - revenge
The antagonists are: - evil politicians

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Misc setting - resort/hotel - fort/military installation

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 5-7
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Unusual forms of death - decapitated - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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