Genre
Didactic story, ironic story
Setting and Context
The events in the story take place in Pastoralia park, the USA
Narrator and Point of View
First-person narration
Tone and Mood
In story prevails ironic tone, sometimes blue
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist of the story is the narrator, the antagonist is his chief
Major Conflict
The major conflict stands in contradiction between people’s actions and their readiness to take responsibility for those actions
Climax
Climax happens when Janet got fired
Foreshadowing
The daily reports the narrator does for the executor foreshadow that the man is trying to find a juicy rumors in order to use it against his workers
Understatement
In the story the role of people as creators and rulers is understated
Allusions
The story alludes to problems of human relationships and treating of work
Imagery
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Paradox
The paradox of the story is that sometimes people have to do something they are afraid of in order to feel better
Parallelism
The story has parallels with historical period of ancient times and the range of moral and social issues
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The author uses metonymy and synecdoche to highlight the pitch of the utterance: “The words stung.”.
Personification
The author uses personification dramatizing the effect of the utterance: “see with the naked eye” “woods had sparkled with bright fall colors”.
