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"Choke is the story circling around one weekend in the lives of seven young vagrants on the streets of Montreal.
Iven--a callused and toughened veteran--is no stranger to how tough life on the street can be. If an opportunity presents itself to him, he jumps into action with unparalleled skill and grace, and without a second thought because his life depends on it. He has no idea, however, of the string of damaging events that are about to occur from the simple theft of some loose change.
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Richard Delgado, Resident Scholar
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"The streets of downtown Montreal can be considered immensely romantic, but they are also considered hearth and refuge to many of the homeless. Choke is a story circling around one weekend in the lives of seven of these young vagrants.
Iven--a callused and toughened veteran, and hopeless wino--is no stranger to how tough the streets can be. Each opportunity that presents itself to him is jumped on with unparalleled skill and grace, and without a second thought of who it may affect because his life depends on it.
All he wanted was a drink. All he wanted was a comfortable evening--it had been so long. He steals a bag of loose change, without the thought of who it may damage, or how. The bag of change just happened to belong to a young female busker, that he charmed into leaving him alone with her earnings. The theft of her rent money, sends her out in the streets--a ruthless existance that she's never been subjected to in the way Iven had. Cold, hungry, and scared, she finally tracks him down to his abandoned building of a home (the cave), and although he prides himself on being emotionally void to a fault, he feels a warmth for the girl he stole from.
The brutal beating of another homeless resident--a friend--have him re-evaluating who he is. Iven is overcome with rage, and attempts to find justice for his friend's death, but pays with his own life instead. Several drops of HIV intected blood seemingly seal his fate, but also grant him another look at his life, and how keeping people at a distance is no way to live it."
Richard Delgado, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
- present (2000-2010)
Life of a profession:
- bum
Poverty, surviving
Yes
Kind of living:
- general poverty story
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 (a fair amount)
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
- rude people
Misc setting
- sewers/subways
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Is this an e-book?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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