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Plot Summary of Twilight Hunger
"Morgan is a screen writer. She moves into the family mansion to get some rest and die peacefully. Morgan has a fatal disease. While rumaging through the attice she finds a journal that contains stories of a vampire's life. Morgan turns these old journals into screen plays. She is so interested in these journals she has vivid dreams at night of the vampire. She even wakes up with actual bite marks on her neck. In Morgans secluded world Dante does exist. And he is in love with her."
Sherrie L. Jones, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Twilight Hunger
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror story? Yes
Horror plotlets - vampires taking a quick bite

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

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - unemployed
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - mind control - can fly - teleportation - is very quick
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
Earth setting: - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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Maggie Shayne Resident Scholar Profiles

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