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Title: The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4
Author: Sue Townsend
Date of publication: 1982
Setting of the book
Adrian Mole lives in a working-class community in an English town. The town is not mentioned by name, because the themes in the book are so general that there could be Adrian Moles in practically any English town.
The last entry is April 3, the day the Falklands War began, so it must have been 1982. ...
Plot
Adrian Mole tells us what happens, but he is only a young boy and does not understand the implications of everything that goes on about him. ...
Characters:
Major character:
Adrian Mole is a boy who is getting grown-up. ...
Minor characters
Mr Mole, Mrs (Pauline) Mole, the dog, Pandora, Pandoras parents, Mr Lucas, Doreen Slater, Bert Baxter, Queenie Baxter, Grandma Mole, Nigel, Barry Kent, Mr. ... Related themes are the friendship between Adrian and Pandora, the relation between Adrian’s parents and between Adrian and his parents. Adrian’s intellectual development and his achievements at school, his work as a good Samaritan and his becoming a socially conscious member of a society, unemployment and its effects on family life and race relations in England. ...
Personal opinion
· Adrian Mole, the main character. ...
· Adrian’s parents. I don’t like them, because they treat Adrian badly.
Approximate Word count = 1102
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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