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All My Road Before Me : The Diary of C.S. Lewis, 1922-1927
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Plot Summary of All My Road Before Me : The Diary of C.S. Lewis, 1922-1927
"The early Lewis still gaining the second of his three(!) first class degrees at Oxford, hoping to become a don. In some ways a very candid insight into his pre-Christian formative years. Interesting asides on John Betjeman, one of his early pupils. Also a disturbing account of 'the Doc', a family friend, who goes mad before dying. Some humour, some philosophy, and surprisingly active social life."
Michael JR Jose, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Political/social rights fight Yes
Plotlet: - fights between haves and have-nots
job/profession: - teacher
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside) - British
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Family, hate Yes
Struggle with: - Father
The difficult family member - is chronically crotchety
Family, ill Yes
because he/she is - mentally ill
Ethnic/regional/gender Yes

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - teacher/professor
Age: - 20's-30's
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - British
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Century: - 1900-1920's

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel? - challenged
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - puns - eccentric personalities - parody - metaphorical
Commentary on society? Yes
Commentary on - religion
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Autobiography? Yes
Pictures/Illustrations? - A few 1-5 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story? - 26-50% of book
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