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Independence Day Summary & Study Guide Description
Independence Day Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Independence Day follows its protagonist and narrator, Frank Bascombe, through a long holiday weekend that turns out to be a pivotal point in his life. At the outset of the novel, Frank Bascombe is entrenched in a period of his life that he calls his "Existence Period." After the death of his son and his ensuing divorce, Frank had flown the coop, left his job as a sports writer, and even left the country, in hopes of leaving the pain behind. Eventually, Frank had returned home to Haddam, New Jersey, and attempted to resume a somewhat normal life. His return to Haddam marked the beginning of Frank's Existence Period, in which his life strategy consists of avoiding emotional extremes by floating along through life in a semi-detached fashion. This is where we find Frank at the beginning of this long holiday weekend.
Frank has become a real estate agent, and...
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