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Plot Summary of Night of the Wolf
"A gray wolf catches sight of a beautiful woman named Imona. Her beauty and grace awaken the man, Maeniel, inside the wolf. The Roman empire is under Julius Caesers' rule and the country fears him. A warrior woman by the name of Dryas is set out to find and kill Maeniel for all the Roman soldiers he killed when they attacked Imona's family and took Imona. Dryas finds him, makes love to him, but does not kill him. Dryas is found by Fulvia, a "harpy" who plans on taking Dryas to Rome to fight for the amusement of Caeser and Cleopatra. Dryas faces both tiger and boar but does not die. "
Katharine, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Night of the Wolf
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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%




Tone of story - depressing/sad
Time/era of story: - ancient rome
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story? Yes
Horror plotlets - the werewolf chased me!

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can change shapes - can talk to animals - super strength - is very quick
How much violence does he/she use? - a significant amount
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - gangs
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Dumb
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Italy
Forest? Yes
City? Yes
City: - Dirty, dangerous (like New York) - dangerous - wealthy - rude people
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - dumb rednecks, like Gomer Pyle - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids - sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to torture
How many deaths? - hundreds or more
Sex Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - licking - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas - descript. of male nudity
Unusual forms of death - poisoning - fright - hanging - eaten - flamed - impaled - decapitated - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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