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Plot Summary of My Family And Other Animals
"When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of Durrell's family's experiences, from the many eccentric hangers-on to puppies, toads, scorpions, geckoes, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, bats, and butterflies into their home.
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Usaid Quraishi, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of My Family And Other Animals
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 18th century
Animal story Yes
Kind of animal: - all kinds of animals
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 - Other Asian
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - quite fatty

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 (a good amount)
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - Southeast Asia
City? Yes
City: - wealthy
Misc setting - moving train

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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Gerald Durrell Resident Scholar Profiles

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Usaid Quraishi  

SCHOLARS:
Karl Micallef  Jóhanna  


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