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Plot Summary of Catch Me If You Can
"Frank Abagnale Jr. was a child genuis who ran away from home when his parents seperated. He conned, cheated, and ran from the police throughout the world until caught in France when he was 19. He posed as everything under the sun from a pilot to a doctor while stealing millions of dollars and evading the police for years."
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Plot
job/profession: - criminal (general)
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - thief/con artist
Age: - a teen
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other people
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
United States Yes
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Book makes you feel? - in awe
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - puns - eccentric personalities - Dry-cynical - sarcastic/sardonic - gentle
Commentary on society? Yes
Commentary on - capitalism
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject: - neutral
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult
Autobiography? Yes
Pictures/Illustrations? - None
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices? Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 76%-100% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story? - 0-25% of book
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