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| Plot Summary of The Inner Circle |
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"John Milk is a senior in college when he is persuaded to take a marriage course given by Professor Kinsey in order to hear the material given during the discussions on sex. Professor Kinsey, or "Prok" is he becomes known as, is a controversial sex researcher in a time period when any discussion of sex was taboo. He gives extensive interviews, ultimately to thousands of people, in order to code and catalog the human sexual experience. John Milk eventually becomes his assistant, and helps Prok in his research. Prok preaches that human sexuality is just a biological urge, and ultimately Milk has a sexual relationship with the professor, his wife, and later, his colleages and their spouses.
The conflict comes into play when he marries a confident outspoken woman, Iris, who doesn't like Prok controlling their lives and the sexual nature of Milk's work. Iris temporarily leave Milk for another man, and after the reconcile, they ultimately have a baby boy. She seems to be constantly unhappy and depressed. Getting more and more eccentric, Prok attempt to initiate an orgy of all of his employees, and their spouses. Disgusted, Iris leaves Milk. The couple again reconciles, but things aren't the same between them after that incident. "
Sonnet Davis, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of The Inner Circle |
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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
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- boatload of casual sex without love
Kind of sex:
- really kinky sex!!!!
- orgies!
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- long lived adults
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- teacher
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 (a little)
United States
Yes
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- orgies
- actual description of hetero sex
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
- descript. of female anat. (the big V)
- descript. of nude males (the big P)
- male homosexuals doing their thing
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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