Genre
post-apocalyptic fiction
Setting and Context
California, exact time not given but evidence points to nowadays
Narrator and Point of View
Narrator: Ruby; POV: first person
Tone and Mood
Tone: gloomy, anxious, cynical
Mood: threatening, dark
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist: Ruby, Antagonist: President Grey and PSF's, some of the Children's League agents
Major Conflict
Cole convinces Ruby to go on a mission to retrieve an important flash drive that contains information about IAAN. That flash drive is with Liam.
Climax
President Grey gets shot on live TV, city starts to get bombed, Children's League building is hit.
Foreshadowing
Ruby keeps hearing Clancy's voice in her head when she is about to lose control over her powers. It foreshadows their meeting again.
Understatement
Ruby understates Clancy and his ability to take over her thoughts when she's not careful.
Allusions
Allusions to Bruce Springsteen and his hit songs.
Imagery
Imagery of dark, imagery of cold
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
"There was no forgetting the sorting, the test I almost failed.
There was no forgetting the look on Sam’s face as I wiped myself clear from her memory.
There was no forgetting the gleam of black guns in the summer sun or the snow falling softly on
the electric fence.
There was no forgetting the long line of dangerous ones chained together, their faces hidden
beneath leather muzzles."
Metonymy and Synecdoche
metonymy: walking suits for agents surrounding Alban
Personification
"I was born in the dark heart of a fierce winter."
