|
|
| Plot Summary of The Salesman |
|---|
"Billy Sweeney takes the law into his own hands after his daughter is brutally beaten and put into a coma."
Chris Gage, Resident Scholar
|
|
|
| Review Analysis of The Salesman |
|---|
|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
|
|
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Wife
Family, caring for ill
Yes
Who is sick?
- Daughter
because he/she is
- physically ill
Crime & Police story
Yes
Story of
- catching a killer
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 (some)
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Ireland
Small town?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- a lot of stream of consciousness
- written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
|
|
|
Click here for more information about this book
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
Use our site!
Feedback
About us
Bribe your congressman!
Rudy Giuliani
Most recent discussions:
General Book Talk
Book writing discussion
Off-topic message board
.
George W. Bush
12:55:17 AM
Lynn and Gilbert Morris
12:20:20 AM
David Pelzer
10:32:56 PM
Max Shulman
8:44:04 PM
Kate Brian
5:25:02 PM
Ruth Minsky Sender
3:34:26 PM
Charlaine Harris
2:46:27 PM
Gerald Morris
2:00:08 PM
Iris Johanson
1:27:13 PM
Sue Grafton
1:23:14 PM
Chinua Achebe
11:46:27 AM
Terry Goodkind
10:19:00 AM
Charlotte Vale Allen
10:01:03 PM
Charlotte Vale Allen
9:59:10 PM
Mary Downing Hahn
7:18:08 PM
Suzanne Weyn
5:37:37 PM
Suzanne Collins
3:45:18 PM
Deric Longden
2:26:59 PM
V.C. Andrews
2:24:44 PM
J.D. Robb
2:18:51 PM
More message boards
|
