While summarizing a book the goal and intent is to give some details about the basic story line while still not giving it away. The summary should be a brief and vague outline so as to not ruin any surprises for the reader. It should grab the readers attention enough to get them interested in the book but not give too many details as to make them feel like they just read the book.
For example: Here is a summary of the book “Dead of Winter” by P.J. Parrish. In the book “Dead of Winter” there is a police officer named Louis Kincaid. He is moved up to small town after fighting crime in a large city. The book brings many twists as Louis is on a hunt to find a dangerous killer. Through love, anger, heartbreak, and happiness Louis continues on his quest of crime fighting and problem solving with much motivation.
How the summary of this compares to an analysis would be if one said that “Dead of Winter” was a story about how one should never trust a woman. While this is a small theme about the story, in the grand scheme of things it is a point that could be intensely argued. In the analysis one would still give some brief synopsis of the story they would mostly focus in on arguing that the story is mostly about never trusting a woman.
Summary’s and Analysis’ are both very different. While both give a brief explanation of the story, a summary would mostly focus on giving someone a short and vague explanation of the story without going into detail. Where as an analysis would give a lot more details while also making an argument over one specific theme in the story.
