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Why Is She Smiling?
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Plot Summary of Why Is She Smiling?
"Shark attack victim."
William J. Schauman, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Phys disability/mental struggle? Yes
Struggle with - physical disability/sickness
Outdoors story Yes
Exploring: - surviving in outdoors

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
Ice Caps/Sea? Yes
Where? - Ocean
Water? Yes
Water: - swimming on
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Book makes you feel? - encouraged
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - gentle
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Is this a biography of several people? Yes
If this is a kid's book: - Age 14-16
Pictures/Illustrations? - A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 51%-75% of book
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