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Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs Book Review

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"This is the Origin of the legendary hero known as Tarzan. The novel tells the events of his birth, teenage years and how he came to learn who he really was. "
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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - great warrior
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - love among disparate social classes
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - rescue mission/escape from confinement
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - hand to hand
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.

Setting
Terrain - Jungle - Water - Forests
Earth setting: - 20th century - general past
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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