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Plot Summary of Omerta
"When mafia don Raymonde Aprile is shot dead by hit men, his nephew Astorre vows to track down the men responsible. A cycle of violence follows, involving organized crime, the police and the FBI."
Stephen Coombs, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Omerta
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Plot

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




Tone of story - Dry-cynical
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - vigilante getting revenge
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - breaking up mobsters

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - wealthy
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed
How much violence does he/she use? - a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - US mafia
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - quite fatty

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Europe Yes
European country: - Italy

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths? - 5-7
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - descript. of breasts
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives - exploded into bits
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog


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