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| Plot Summary of Five Past Midnight in Bhopal |
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" Union Carbide was a huge, well-intentioned American chemical corporation that developed a miracle pesticide that had the potential to eliminate world famine. India was in great need of increasing its food production for an often hungry population, and this new pesticide seemed to be the answer to their dreams. In the Indian city of Bhopal, Union Carbide built a giant plant to process MIC and was welcomed as a savior by the Indian people.
But at five past midnight on December 3, 1984, toxic gas leaked from the Carbide plant into the night air and was blown into the heavily populated city with the poorest people taking the brunt of it. By dawn, over half-million Bhopalis would be poisoned, and as many as thirty thousand would die."
Judi Darst, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Kind Of History
Time of history:
- 20th century
History of disaster/tragedy?
Yes
Nationality?
- India
Subjects of this Historical Account
Ethnicity (if plays a major part)
- Indian Indian
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Sympathetic
Main Adversary
From a certain profession/group?
- business executives
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
Nationality?
- American
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Sympathetic
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- India
Style
How much gore?
- 8 (a significant amount)
How fast-paced is the book?
- 6 (an above average amount)
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Book makes you feel...
- frustrated
How much focus on stories of individuals?
- Focuses mostly on the people/nation level
How much romance?
- 1 (None)
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A handful
Length of book
- 350-400 pages
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