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Plot Summary of Blue Road to Atlantis
"Hemingway's OLD MAN AND THE SEA, told from the perspective of the fish. But you don't have to have read Hemingway to appreciate this enlightening parable about how to find your true purpose in life."
Beatrice Green Nash, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - very sensitive (sigh)
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Animal story Yes
Kind of animal: - fish
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over - vague finding self/purpose in life (i.e. no plot to book)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - champion of justice
Age: - long lived adults
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
Ice Caps/Sea? Yes
Where? - Ocean

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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