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PinkMonkey Literature Notes on . . . / Sample MonkeyNotes Note: this sample contains only excerpts and does not represent the full contents of the booknote. This will give you an idea of the format and content. On the Beach by Nevil Shute 1957 MonkeyNotes Study Guide by Patricia Lee M. Vaughan / Reprinted with permission from TheBestN Copyright ( 2003, All Rights Reserved Distribution without the written consent of TheBestN is strictly prohibited. KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS SETTING The setting for On the Beach is primarily smaller towns and rural locations near Melbourne, Australia and Port Phillip Bay, in southern Australia, and the city of Melbourne itself. Part of the book takes place aboard a nuclear submarine, the U.S.S. Scorpion, which makes two voyages of exploration, mostly submerged, north from Williamstown, outside of Melbourne. The first voyage is to northern Australian port…… LIST OF CHARACTERS Major Characters Lieutenant Commander Peter Holmes - of the Royal Australian Navy: probably in his middle to late 20’s; a devoted husband and father, diligent and dutiful naval officer living in the small town of Falmouth, which is on the beach close to Melbourne, nearly the southernmost part of Australia. Peter is posted to…. Mary Holmes - Peter’s wife: twenty-something, a naval officer’s daughter born in England, a true “domestic goddess” whose life is happily devoted to her infant daughter, Jennifer, immaculate …… Commander Dwight Towers - United States Navy: thirty-three years old, captain of the U. S. nuclear submarine, Scorpion. Dwight is a quiet, competent, simple man who follows U. S. Navy regulations by the book to the end. Though objectively he knows that his wife and children, in…… Moira Davidson - an attractive, outrageous, outspoken twenty-four year old country girl who graduated from college with honors in history; friend of Peter and Mary. Moira has been drowning her disappointment at the end of the wor