Genre
Travel
Setting and Context
Morocco in 2004
Narrator and Point of View
Tahir Shah narrates the book in the third-person.
Tone and Mood
The tone is informational; the mood is exciting.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Shah is the protagonist; the exorcist is the antagonist.
Major Conflict
The major conflict of the novel occurs when Tahir Shah decides to take his two babies and wife to Morocco as when he was a child, he travelled there.
Climax
The climax of the story is reached when Shah relocates to a mansion in the middle of a shanty-town, that is full of genies and spirits.
Foreshadowing
The controls put over the family is foreshadowed by the guardians that live there.
Understatement
The role of things that are unfamiliar is understated throughout the novel.
Allusions
The story alludes to seeking of adventures and exploring the unknown.
Imagery
The imagery of the beauty of Morocco is present in the novel.
Paradox
The fact that Shah was seeking a better life, yet was met by spirits is an example of paradox in the story.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The guardians are a metonym for the protection that Tahir Shah needs.
Personification
N/A
