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Study Guide

American Pastoral Analysis

By Philip Roth

Tone

Genre

What's Up With the Title?

What's Up With the Ending?

Setting

What's Up With the Epigraph?

Tough-o-Meter

Writing Style

American Opportunity

Baked Ziti

Merry's Belongings

Deep Throat and Deep Throat

Bombs

Gloves

Merry's Veil

Narrator Point of View

Booker's Seven Basic Plots Analysis

Plot Analysis

Three-Act Plot Analysis

Allusions

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