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The Pilgrim's Regress
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Plot
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - trouble in college - alienated from society
job/profession: - writer
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside) - Christian
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Phys disability/mental struggle? Yes
Struggle with - general search for meaning
Ethnic/regional/gender Yes

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - writer
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? - 3 ()
Desert? Yes
Forest? Yes
Prairie? Yes
Century: - 1900-1920's

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel? - thoughtful
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - puns - eccentric personalities - Dry-cynical - parody - satire - sarcastic/sardonic - surreal - metaphorical
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Commentary on society? Yes
Commentary on - religion
Writer's slant towards subject: - somewhat unfavorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Autobiography? Yes
Pictures/Illustrations? - None
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story? - 76-100% of book
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