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The Periodic Table by Primo Levi
Presented by:
GAURAV ANAND 26th Oct, 2011
GAURAV ANAND
26th Oct, 2011
PRESENTED BY:
SUDHANSHU SHEKHAR
17th Oct, 2011

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INDEX:
1. SETTING/ PLOT 2. CHARACTERS 3. MAIN EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER 4. BACKGROUND (HISTORICAL ASPECTS) 5. AUTHOR/ TITLE/ YEAR OF PUBLISHING 6. THESIS / VIEWPOINT 7. LANGUAGE/ STYLE 8. CONCLUSION & ANALYSIS 9. TITLE (JUSTIFICATION/ ANY OTHER TITLE POSSIBLE)

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SETTING/ PLOT:
The setting of this novel is somehow between the tenure of the Second World War, where the war was getting smashed into various units with the formation of many warring groups. The main incidents that have been fore grounded are the Nazi regime and its activities, the subjugation and mass slaughter of the Jews, the intervention of the world war in the modern war. As there is also the case of the movement of the family one encounters the description of various mountains and cliffs.

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CHARACTERS:
The main character in the novel is the author/narrator Primo Levi. There have been many other characters as the novel progresses, which Levi introduces in the pattern of the family saga. The other main characters are Rita and Sandra. There other characters are Rodmund, Professor P, Professor D., Enrico, Hirsute Caselli, uncle Elijah, uncle Issac, aunt Maria, uncle Moses, uncle Samuel, aunt Abigali, aunt Zepora, uncle Jacob, uncle Bonaparte, grandmother Bimba, uncle Aaron, aunt Allegra, uncle Gabriele, Madonna, uncle Bramin, aunt Milca, Susanna, grandmother Malia, Anateous, Signor Pistamilio Gina, Bortolasso, Alida, Rodmund, Borvio, corporal Abrahms, Maggie, Willem Hendrik, Burton, Andrea, Gaetano, Rebecca Johnson, Corporal Daniel K Abrahms, Tobasso, Bomino, Dr. Martini, Giulia, Varisco, Dr. Kern, Euge, Rosselli brothers,

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