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Midshipman Bolitho - Richard Bolitho Series 1
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Plot

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




Tone of story - very upbeat
Time/era of story: - 19th century
War Thriller Yes
Armed Forces: - Navy
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Water adventure Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - navy soldier
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - just the right amount
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - thief/con artist
Eccentric: Yes - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Africa Yes
Part of Africa: - Arabic Africa
Water? Yes
Water: - sail boat - warship - feeding sharks - drowning
Misc setting - fort/military installation

Style
Part of a series? Yes
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - hundreds or more
Unusual forms of death - drowned - impaled - decapitated - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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