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| Plot Summary of Revolutionary Road |
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"Set in the 1950s in the mundane suburbs of Connecticut this novel is the story of the disintegration of the Wheelers. Frank and April Wheeler like to think they are an untypical middle class family living in the suburbs. Frank has lost his direction and works at Knox Business Machines where he apathetically fights his overflowing in-tray. April is a typical 50s housewife looking after the two kids. April a failed aspiring actress starts the novel in a local theatrical group play which is a disaster. This sows the seeds of her discontent. The couple discuss plans to escape from suburbia to live in Paris where April will work and Frank will find out what he really wants to do with his life. They discover that they don't really like their best friends Milly and Shep Campbell who are horrified at their plans to move to France. Frank has an affair with an attractive secretary at work. The Wheelers are visited by the Givingses who have a mentally ill son about the Wheelers age. The son takes to the Wheelers and their plan to move to France. However unfortunately April gets pregnant again and this throws their plans into disarray. Frank wants the baby and when April says she wants to terminate the pregnancy Frank refuses and suggests she needs psychotherapy. The disagreement drives the Wheelers apart and they argue terribly. Finally April takes things into her own hands and tries to abort the foetus causing her own tragic death. This novel is so expertly written Richard Yates has been described as a writer's writer. It is a tense psychologically observed book about the American suburbs. "
John Marcel, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Revolutionary Road |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- midlife crisis
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Pregnancy/Child rearing
Yes
Major part of story:
- to abort or not abort
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- actual description of hetero sex
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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