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Plot Summary of A Day No Pigs Would Die
"Life on a Shaker farm in the early 1900's was a hardscrabble one, devoid of any frills and frequently lacking even the basic necessities. Robert Newton Peck lived such a life near a small Vermont town where his father barely managed to eke out a tenuous living from the land and by slaughtering hogs. When he was twelve years old, Robert saved a neighbors cow from choking and helped it deliver a set of twin bull calves. For this he was rewarded with a gift of a small piglet which he nurtured to adulthood and grew to love very much. Robert planned to keep the pig, the one and only possession that he could truly call his own, for a very long time and make a brood sow out of her. Unfortunately, the demands of an austere life which was the Shaker's lot, put an end to those plans and in the process young Robert learned some terrible lessons about the realities of life. An emotional rollercoaster of a book that the reader will not soon forget."
Bill Brumlow, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of A Day No Pigs Would Die
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Plot
Tone of story - Dry-cynical - very humorous
How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1930's-1950's
Disaster, natural or nuclear Yes
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - farmer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm - lots of descript of crop raising - lots of descript of animal care

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
How many deaths? - 1
Unusual forms of death - perforation--swords/knives - blunt clubbing (like seals)
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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