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| Plot Summary of Fup |
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"Granddaddy Jake Santee is 99 years old, brews a 95% proof whiskey called Ol' Death Whisper, which he drinks everyday and is supposed to give him immortality. He adopts his four year old son Tiny, who when older loves to make picket fences all day on their farm land. Jake is a gambler and won the farm in a poker hand. Tiny one day finds a chick that was in a hole trying to escape from Lockjaw an enormous boar that regularly destroys Tiny's fences. The chick grows into a mallard duck and they name it Fup. They take Fup to the cinema etc. Tiny takes Fup on hunting expeditions for Lockjaw and one day they discover the old boar tangled in the wire. Tiny goes to shoot but Fup the enormous duck gets in the way and dies. "
John Marcel, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Animal story
Yes
Kind of animal:
- bird
Family, loving relations
Yes
Special relationship with
- grandpa
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- bulging muscles
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a lot
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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