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Plot Summary of The Witness
"Kendall Deaton is a mother and wife who learns a terrible secret about the small town she has chosen to live and work in. She flees the small town to save her life and see that justice is done but didn't expect to be arrested by the FBI as a material witness. When something during the transfer to return her to South Carolina, she escapes the FBI with an amnesiac man in tow and on the run for her and her son's life. "
Selena Coleman, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of The Witness
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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 - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%




Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by killer/stalker

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist - insanity
The antagonists are: - cults

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - dumb rednecks, like Gomer Pyle - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 5-7
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - descript. of male nudity
Unusual forms of death - drowned - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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