Genre
Fictional novel
Setting and Context
Written in the context of the narrator’s reflections on abortion and women’s rights
Narrator and Point of View
First-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Enlightening and optimistic
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Cedar Hawk Songmaker.
Major Conflict
There is a conflict between the Democrats and the religious institution on the issue of abortion. The Democrats support legislation on abortion, but the religious institutions are against the law.
Climax
The climax comes when Cedar and her friend Tia manage to run away from the detention center after butchering a nurse who was sprawling them.
Foreshadowing
Cedar’s determination to go against the religious movements on abortion is foreshadowed by her determination to fight for the freedom of women’s body sovereignty.
Understatement
The benefits of the legislative law on abortion to allow women to abort at choice are understated by religious institutions.
Allusions
The story alludes to the women’s fight for the right to abortion.
Imagery
The description of the detention center set up by the Unborn Protection Society depicts sight imagery.
Paradox
The main paradox is that religious institutions are the incentive of births that result from rape and other unwanted pregnancies that might endanger the lives of mothers
Parallelism
There is parallelism between Cedar’s beliefs on abortion and the Democrats' push for legislation on abortion.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Abortion is incarnated as evil.
