Genre
Fiction (Children’s Literature)
Setting and Context
Set in Wayside School
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is ardent, and the mood is humorous.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is the narrator, Louis and the antagonist is Mrs. Gorf.
Major Conflict
There is a major conflict between Mrs. Gorf and the students. For instance, Mrs. Gorf converts her students into apples whenever they behave badly. When they are turned into apples, the students must convince their teacher to convert them back into human beings.
Climax
The climax comes in the story “Myron,” where Myron successfully becomes the class president.
Foreshadowing
Mrs. Gorf's brutality against her students foreshadowed her punishment.
Understatement
In “Bebe,” there is an understatement when Calvin says his partner cannot draw pictures. On the contrary, the partner does well in artwork including drawing.
Allusions
N/A
Imagery
Sense of sight is depicted when the author writes, "Bebe was a girl with short brown hair, a little beebee nose, totally tiny toes, and big brown eyes. Her full name was Bebe Gunn. She was the fastest draw in Mrs. Jewls's class." The imagery is significant because it illustrates the extraordinary ability of Bebe.
Paradox
The main irony is when students retaliate and turn Mrs. Gorf into an apple. On the contrary, Mrs. Gorf has been punishing her students by turning them into Apples.
Parallelism
There is a parallelism between Calvin’s assignment to deliver a nonexistent note to Miss Zarves and Mrs. Jewel’s assumption that her students are monkeys.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
In “Mrs. Jewls,” monkeys are personified as students.
