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Plot Summary of Naive. Super
"Naive. Super is the story of a 25 year old Norwegian man who quits his studies and moves into his brother's apartment while his brother is in America. He begins pondering time after reading a book about time and physics. He decides to simplify his life, and begins to spend his time playing with a small plastic ball, hammering pegs into a board, faxing with his meteorologist friend and making lists. He ends up traveling to America to spend time with his brother, where they sightsee, play, and ultimately become closer. This is a thought provoking book about a man struggling to find himself."
Margaret Dorer, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Family, loving relations Yes
Special relationship with - brother
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

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Europe Yes
European country: - Scandinavia

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - little dialog
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