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Plot Summary of Fox's Earth
"Ruth Yancey Fox is about as sadistic as you can be. She is only a small child the first time she lays eyes on the magnificent three storied Georgia house called Fox's Earth. Being the daughter of a very cruel mill worker, she knows that someday she will not only live in such a house, but will make it her own. And she does just that too, achieving total control over every one under that roof, or rather all the women there.

For years and years, Rule rules with tyranny by way of manipulation. And always, her cache of closely guarded secrets and acts of cruelty grow and grow. And as she continues with her wicked behavior over others, Ruth realizes deep down that the lies she told will have to come out in the end."

Boppy, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Fox's Earth
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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Father (or standin) - Husband
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - emotionally unstable
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - physically sick

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
City? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of hetero sex
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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