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Plot Summary of The Magic Mountain

"Hans Castorp goes to visit his cousin in a TB sanatorium and ends up staying there a long, long time. He becomes embroiled in a struggle for his soul between several men who personify the intellectual currents in Europe before the First World War. He suffers unrequited love for a woman in the sanatorium but his sexuality remains ambiguous.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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Florence Rose Delaney, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Magic Mountain

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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Political/social activism Yes
Plotlet: - general liberal/left wing activism - religious issues
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - conduct in war - midlife crisis
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society) - European
Battle with a psychiatrist Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes
Taboo sex story? Yes
Brain/Body disability? - physical disability

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - wealthy
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - German
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - physically sick

Main Adversary
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - scholar
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 (a fair amount)
Europe Yes
European country: - Switzerland
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript

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