Genre
Young adult novel
Setting and Context
The story is set in Las Vegas.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Upbeat, optimistic, fearless, courageous
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonists are June and Day.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is when June's parents die mysteriously in a car accident. Similarly, June's only sibling is murdered, and Day is the main suspect for the murder.
Climax
The climax is when Anden thanks June for helping him. Consequently, Anden survives curtsey of June’s assistance.
Foreshadowing
Anden’s victory foreshadowed Day’s reunion with his sibling, Eden.
Understatement
June’s beauty and intellectual smartness are understated. For instance, Razor thinks that June’s beauty can only act as a trap to track down Anden.
Allusions
The story alludes to struggles between the patriots and the colonizers.
Imagery
The description of the living conditions in the colonies depicts sight imagery. For instance, when Day and June visit the colonies, they discover that poor people live in dilapidated houses. Consequently, this sight imagery shows the levels of poverty that people are struggling with.
Paradox
Day’s career is paradoxical because he eventually worked for the people who wanted to lock him up for his criminal activities.
Parallelism
Life in the colonies parallels life in the republic because there is poverty, lack of freedom, and corruption in both cases.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The ‘colonies’ refer to dilapidation and loss of hope.
Personification
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