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Plagiarism

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The plot summary section of this article has no sources, but the beginning of it appears to be taken from this BookRags page: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-street/plotsummary.html. I don't have access to the entire article, but the free sample is repeated almost verbatim in the Wikipedia article. Additionally, the BookRags page claims the whole article is 357 words, while the Wikipedia plot summary is 361 words, hinting at only very minimal modification. According to the BookRags Terms of Service (http://www.bookrags.com/about/terms.htm) this use is not permitted. Specifically, "When utilizing the BookRags resources in any work including essay, book, poem, or any other form of written literature, you must give BookRags.com as your source and have it appropriately cited and documented." I have sourced the plot summary section accordingly, but there may be minor modifications that have been made to it that should be reverted. Finally, I tried to cite the quote correctly (using the Manual of Style) and if I made an error, I apologize. Trey (talk) 15:55, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]