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Plot Summary of The Tower
"The story starts with the escape of the main character, Allander Atlasia, from "the Tower", a maximum security prison and follows him as he goes on a killing spree with a specific goal in mind. After him is Jade Marlow, a hard-boiled detective who will not let anything stand in his way in catching Allander! "
Dave Babcock, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Tower
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Plot

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




Tone of story - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story? Yes
Horror plotlets - the mad stabber chased me!

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
Motive of antagonist - kicks
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Setting
United States Yes
Misc setting - prison

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture
How many deaths? - 8 or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - touching of anatomy - use of artificial tools - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - rape (yeech!)
Unusual forms of death - frying (electrocuted) - crushed - decapitated - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives - blunt clubbing (like seals)
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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