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| Plot Summary of The Bark of the Dogwood: a Tour of Southern Homes and Gardens |
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"This is a tale of someone searching for their roots and who they are. The main character works for a "house and garden" magazine in NYC and is asked to write a series about the homes and gardens of the South. In stead of the obvious mansions and plantation homes, he chooses to write about the homes he visited or grew up in, and in the process discovers horrible secrets about his family. "
Cal Valces, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of The Bark of the Dogwood: a Tour of Southern Homes and Gardens |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- very sensitive (sigh)
Time/era of story
- 1960's-1970's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society)
- American South
If story of urban/rural...
- Small town life
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Genius
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
Profession/status:
- business executive
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- quite fatty
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- New Orleans
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- a lot of stream of consciousness
- written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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