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Plot Summary of From Dogs to Pigs
"The book tells of the good times which outweighed the unhappy times experienced by a soldier turned police officer serving in the troubled Province of Northern Ireland"
Ray Rutherford, Resident Scholar




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Review Analysis of From Dogs to Pigs
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Plot
job/profession: - lawmen
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside) - Irish
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender Yes
War/Cloak & Dagger story? - Fought as soldier
War/Spying Yes

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - wild
Biography of famous person? Yes
Nationality - British
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people
Physique - missing body parts/abilities

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 10 ()
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel? - thoughtful
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - Dry-cynical - gentle
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking
Lot of foul language? Yes
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness
Writer's slant towards subject: - neutral
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult
Autobiography? Yes
Pictures/Illustrations? - None
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more dialog than descript
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 51%-75% of book
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