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Plot Summary of Up
"Just out of college, Becky Pine wants a job, a girlfriend and a manifesto. She wants a life -- her own real life. Southland Auto Acres, a car lot in Los Angeles, becomes her boot camp for learning about love, relationships and the real world."
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Plot
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
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
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes
Love problems? - lesbianism!!!!
Woman's story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - explorer
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - explorer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - West - California

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - lesbians! - actual description of hetero sex
Lot of foul language? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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