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In the novel, thirteen-year-old Ava Bigtree has lived her entire life at Swamplandia!, her family’s island home and gator-wrestling theme park in the Florida Everglades. But when illness fells Ava’s mother, the park’s indomitable headliner, the family is plunged into chaos; her father withdraws, her sister falls in love with a spooky character known as the Dredgeman, and her brilliant big brother, Kiwi, defects to a rival park called The World of Darkness.
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In the novel, thirteen-year-old Ava Bigtree has lived her entire life at Swamplandia!, her family’s island home and gator-wrestling theme park in the Florida Everglades. But when illness fells Ava’s Ava's mother, the park’s park's indomitable headliner, the family is plunged into chaos; her father withdraws, her sister falls in love with a spooky character known as the Dredgeman, and her brilliant big brother, Kiwi, defects to a rival park called The World of Darkness.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Ava's grandfather christened himself "Sawtooth Bigtree" around the time he founded the theme park, and her father followed suit with the names of her siblings, Kiwi and Osceola (the latter named for a historical Seminole leader).
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Reality Ensues is being dewicked, unfortunately this entry is too vague in context to tell (what's so realistic about rape?)
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* RealityEnsues: In the harshest way possible when [[spoiler: the Bird Man rapes Ava.]]
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* PurpleEyes: Ossie's are described as "violet."
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'''''Swamplandia!''''' is a novel released in 2011 written by Karen Russell. It is an AdaptationExpansion of sorts to a previous short story collected in the author's first short story collection, ''St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves''.
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''Swamplandia!'' is a novel released in 2011 written by Karen Russell. It is an AdaptationExpansion of sorts to a previous short story collected in the author's first short story collection, ''St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves''.
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!!''Swamplandia!'' provides examples of the following tropes:
!!''Swamplandia!'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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!!''Swamplandia!''
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* DeathByNewberryMedal: Potentially the fate of [[spoiler:the red Seth; Ava notes that even if she wasn't killed by the Bird Man her survival in the wild is unlikely given her bright coloration]].
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* DeathByNewberryMedal: DeathByNewberyMedal: Potentially the fate of [[spoiler:the red Seth; Ava notes that even if she wasn't killed by the Bird Man her survival in the wild is unlikely given her bright coloration]].
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* AdaptationExpansion: ''Ava Wrestles the Alligator''
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* AdaptationExpansion: ''Ava "Ava Wrestles the Alligator''Alligator."
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* DeathByNewberryMedal: Potentially the fate of [[spoiler:the red Seth; Ava notes that even if she wasn't killed by the Birdman her survival in the wild is unlikely given her bright coloration]].
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* DeathByNewberryMedal: Potentially the fate of [[spoiler:the red Seth; Ava notes that even if she wasn't killed by the Birdman Bird Man her survival in the wild is unlikely given her bright coloration]].
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* HopeSpot: Ava encounters several, most notably [[spoiler: the appearance of the Birdman.]]
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* HopeSpot: Ava encounters several, most notably [[spoiler: the appearance of the Birdman.Bird Man.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The Birdman.]]
* MagicalGuide: The Birdman, [[spoiler: or so Ava believes.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Played heavily with regard to two plotlines: Ossie's relationships with ghosts and the Birdman's claim to know a route to the Underworld. [[spoiler:Although the latter is revealed as a deception on the part of the Birdman, the former is left open to interpretation, although we are told that Ossie has been put on medication.]]
* MagicalGuide: The Birdman, [[spoiler: or so Ava believes.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Played heavily with regard to two plotlines: Ossie's relationships with ghosts and the Birdman's claim to know a route to the Underworld. [[spoiler:Although the latter is revealed as a deception on the part of the Birdman, the former is left open to interpretation, although we are told that Ossie has been put on medication.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The Birdman.Bird Man.]]
* MagicalGuide: TheBirdman, Bird Man, [[spoiler: or so Ava believes.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Played heavily with regard to two plotlines: Ossie's relationships with ghosts and theBirdman's Bird Man's claim to know a route to the Underworld. [[spoiler:Although the latter is revealed as a deception on the part of the Birdman, Bird Man, the former is left open to interpretation, although we are told that Ossie has been put on medication.]]
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Played heavily with regard to two plotlines: Ossie's relationships with ghosts and the
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* RealityEnsues: In the harshest way possible when [[spoiler: the Birdman rapes Ava.]]
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* RealityEnsues: In the harshest way possible when [[spoiler: the Birdman Bird Man rapes Ava.]]
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with regard to the Birdman; Ava assumes that he can understand bird speech as a language, but he can only detect patterns.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with regard to the Birdman; Bird Man; Ava assumes that he can understand bird speech as a language, but he can only detect patterns.
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: The appearance of the Birdman.]]
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* HopeSpot: Ava encounters several, most notably [[spoiler: The the appearance of the Birdman.]]
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* PlanetOfSteves: All the Bigtrees' alligators are named Seth, and Ava frequently refers to their alligators as "Seths."
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* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: Ava.]]
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* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: Ava.Ava thinks this is MagicalRealism. It's SouthernGothic.]]
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* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: Ava.]]
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* RealityEnsues: In the harshest way possible when [[spoiler: the Birdman is revealed as a child rapist.]]
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* RealityEnsues: In the harshest way possible when [[spoiler: the Birdman is revealed as a child rapist.rapes Ava.]]
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* FireAndBrimstoneHell: The "World of Darkness" theme park has this as its shtick, referring to its customers as "lost souls" and serving up treats such as Hellspawn Hoagies.
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* FireAndBrimstoneHell: The "World of Darkness" theme park has this as its shtick, referring to its customers as "lost souls" and serving up offering overpriced treats such as Hellspawn Hoagies.
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* FireAndBrimstoneHell: The "World of Darkness" theme park has this as its shtick, referring to its customers as "lost souls" and serving up treats such as Hellspawn Hoagies.
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* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: The Bigtree "tribe" wear this kind of getup (borrowed from their own giftshop) in their advertising material; in reality the family is entirely white, though all but Osceola are sufficiently tan to be somewhat plausible.
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* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: The Bigtree "tribe" wear this kind of getup (borrowed from their own giftshop) gift shop) in their advertising material; in reality the family is entirely white, though all but Osceola are sufficiently tan to be somewhat plausible.
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* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: The Bigtree "tribe" wear this kind of getup (borrowed from their own giftshop) in their advertising material; in reality the family is entirely white.
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* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: The Bigtree "tribe" wear this kind of getup (borrowed from their own giftshop) in their advertising material; in reality the family is entirely white.white, though all but Osceola are sufficiently tan to be somewhat plausible.
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* BreakTheCutie: In short order, thirteen-year-old Ava loses her mother to cancer, watches her family drift apart, is left at home by herself after her her big sister vanishes, [[spoiler:is raped by a grown man who offers to help her find her sister, loses her beloved pet alligator and ultimately loses the family theme park, which she began the book determined to save]].
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* BreakTheCutie: In short order, thirteen-year-old Ava loses her mother to cancer, watches her family drift apart, is left at home by herself after her brother and father leave and her big sister vanishes, [[spoiler:is raped by a grown man who offers to help her find her sister, loses her beloved pet alligator and ultimately loses the family theme park, which she began the book determined to save]].
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* SouthernGothic: Though a somewhat unusual example in that it takes place in Florida and has apparent elements of MagicalRealism, it otherwise fits the conventions of the genre in its juxtaposition of a decaying family home with a sense of local history and tragedy which informs the action.
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* SouthernGothic: Though a somewhat unusual example in that it takes place in Florida and has apparent [[spoiler:and deceptive]] elements of MagicalRealism, it otherwise fits the conventions of the genre in its juxtaposition of a decaying family home with a sense of local history and tragedy which informs the action. action.
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* SouthernGothicSouthernGothic: Though a somewhat unusual example in that it takes place in Florida and has apparent elements of MagicalRealism, it otherwise fits the conventions of the genre in its juxtaposition of a decaying family home with a sense of local history and tragedy which informs the action.
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* SwampsAreEvil: Ava doesn't have to venture far outside her beloved Swamplandia! to find Hell itself, [[spoiler: [[RapeAsDrama and not in the way she expected]].]]
* SwampsAreEvil: Ava doesn't have to venture far outside her beloved Swamplandia! to find Hell itself, [[spoiler: [[RapeAsDrama and not in the way she expected]].]]
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* DitzyGenius: Kiwi upon his introduction to mainland culture.
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* BreakTheCutie: In short order, thirteen-year-old Ava loses her mother to cancer, watches her family drift apart, is left at home by herself after her her big sister vanishes, [[spoiler:is raped by a grown man, man who offers to help her find her sister, loses her beloved pet alligator and ultimately loses the family theme park, which she began the book determined to save]].
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* BreakTheCutieBreakTheCutie: In short order, thirteen-year-old Ava loses her mother to cancer, watches her family drift apart, is left at home by herself after her her big sister vanishes, [[spoiler:is raped by a grown man, loses her beloved pet alligator and ultimately loses the family theme park, which she began the book determined to save]].
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* DeathByNewberryMedal: Potentially the fate of [[spoiler:the red Seth; Ava notes that even if she wasn't killed by the Birdman her survival in the wild is unlikely given her bright coloration]].
