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Plot Summary of Waking Walt
"According to this story, Walt Disney actually has been in cryonic suspension all these years, waiting for a cure for lung cancer to be found. Now an experimental drug being tested looks like the answer. The waiting is almost over.

Then, in a déjà vu nightmare, a ruthless corporate raider launches a takeover attempt of The Disney Company, planning to sell off the assets to the highest bidders. And this time there are no white knights in Disney's corner.

But The Circle is still there, the group of confidants who helped Walt escape death in 1966 and who have been guarding him and his secret ever since. Even though they're all old men now, they're not about to let Walt's company be torn apart without a fight. And they know just who can lead them. However, as they scurry to wake him, The Circle discovers there are powerful forces that want the dead to stay dead. But they don't know Walt Disney!

"

, Resident Scholar



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




Tone of story - very upbeat
Time/era of story: - near future
Medical Thriller Yes
Medical Plotlets: - cure/disease
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - evil corporation/rich guy

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - artist
Age: - 60's-90's
Eccentric/Mental: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Genius (really!)
Physique - physically sick

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - business executive
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
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
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths? - 3-4
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - frozen
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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