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DANDELION WINE - PRINTABLE BOOK SUMMARY
KEY FACTS
Title
Dandelion
Wine
Author
Ray Bradbury
Date Published
1957
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Meaning of Title
A drink made from
ingredients of summer, meant to bottle a part of that season
Setting
Green
Town, Illinois
Genre
Novel, Fiction
Protagonist
Douglas
Spaulding
Antagonist
Mortality,
taking various forms such as the ravine, technology, and death
Mood
Often
solemn and filled with wonder, sometimes comedic or even horrific
Point
of View
Third person
Tense
Past
tense
Rising Action
Douglas becomes aware that he
is alive
Exposition
As he appreciates his new perspective
on alive, he is also confronted with examples of mortality and death.
Climax
Douglas
becomes ill when summer reaches its hottest peak.
Outcome
Douglas
is saved by the junkman Ned Jonas and becomes heroic as the summer closes.
Major
Theme
The awareness of life and resulting awareness of mortality
Minor
Themes
The limits of technology, rituals and discoveries, the
body as a machine, youth and old age
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