Making Things Better
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Plot Summary of Making Things Better

"This is a story of an elderly British man who is engaged in a solitary quest to assign meaning to his life before he dies. The protagonist is exceptionally introspective and spends much of the novel reflecting on his past experiences. His reflections on aging, contemporary life, familial relationships, and alienation are incisive, beautifully worded, and startlingly accurate.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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TJ Posuni, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Making Things Better

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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
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)
Love problems? - Obession with uninterested person

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 60's-90's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - quite fatty

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 (an above average amount)
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - France - Germany
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Amount of dialog - little dialog

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