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Plot Summary of Shooting Elvis
"Shooting Elvis
R.M. Eversz
April 1996
ISBN # 0330358561

Mary Alice was just your average girl next door. She was an aspiring photographer stuck taking portraits of kids and she had a no good boyfriend. Now she's one of the FBI's most wanted. You see she blew up the international terminal at LAX. But it wasn't her fault! It was an accident! All she'd done was deliver a package for her boyfriend. Now she's on the run...

To survive Mary Alice transforms herself into Nina Zero, a struggling bohemian photographer in LA. Now she's looking for the person who is really responsible. She's determined to expose them and make them pay before she is caught.
"

Kristina Noel, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Shooting Elvis
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%




Tone of story - Dry-cynical
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Crime plotlets: - wrongly convicted clearing his name
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - accused criminal
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - wealthy
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - big business leader(s)
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - descript. of male nudity
Unusual forms of death - run over - flamed - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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