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| Plot Summary of Die Trying |
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"In the second novel of the Jack Reacher series, Jack Reacher, an ex-MP, has left the army and is now exploring the United States that he is a citizen of but never knew since he was stationed all over the world.
One day he sees a woman on crutches who looks like she needs help putting her dry-cleaning into her car. He stops to help her and they are both kidnapped. He does all he can to protect the woman, and instead waits it out while they travel in the back of a truck to the middle of nowhere.
He soon discovers that the woman is an FBI agent and their kidnappers finally stop in the middle of a camp where there is a cult of people who want their independence from the United States and want to achieve that in any way possible.
Jack Reacher with the help of the female FBI agent must discover a way to prevent the cult from causing damage to the rest of the nation and find a way to escape themselves.
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Ruth Wilson, Resident Scholar
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"Jack Reacher is walking down the sidewalk in Chicago when he helps a lovely lady who struggles to keep her balance when exiting a dry cleaners, only to have a gun pointed in his gut and ordered into the back of a car along with the lady. They were kidnapped! Holly Johnson is an FBI agent and the daughter of an Army General and the Joint Chief of Staff for the government, a likely candidate for a extremist militia group in Montana. Reacher was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but accepts the incident as fate. The two are handcuffed together and placed in a van which is the start of a journey filled with murder and violence. Reacher is an ex-military police with all the skills and knowledge to make him a very dangerous man to the enemy, and a friend to the good guys. After arriving in Montana, the leader of the militia, Beau Borken who was a psychotic villain, was going to use Holley as a barter to achieve his ways. But Reacher was there and proved to be more than Beau could handle. Child writes a very good thriller that lets the reader see how the FBI and the government let politics get in the way of right and wrong.
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, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Die Trying |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- Dry-cynical
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
Spying/Terrorism Thriller
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- kidnap/rescue
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Who's the terrorist enemy here?
- cult
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
- champion of justice
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- just the right amount
- a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist
- power
The antagonists are:
- nazis
- cults
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
- quite fatty
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
- West
- Pacific NW
Forest?
Yes
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 3-4
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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