Genre
Children’s novel
Setting and Context
The book is set in 2021
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Humorous, optimistic, intriguing, fascinating
Protagonist and Antagonist
Jack is the protagonist of the story.
Major Conflict
The conflict is that Jack comes from a broken family, where his father is absent, and his mother got married to another man. Therefore, his best companion is the toy. When he loses Dur Pig (DP) toy, he becomes more devastated.
Climax
The climax comes when Jack replaces his lost DP with a new toy called Christmas Pig (CP), which helps him retrieve DP from the Land of the Lost.
Foreshadowing
The replacement of Dur Pig by the Christmas Pig foreshadowed Jack’s restitution to a happy ending.
Understatement
Family life is belittled. For instance, Jack comes from a family which is broken, and this makes him sad.
Allusions
The story alludes to family life and the challenges the children face when their parents are disorderly.
Imagery
The Land of the Lost description depicts sight imagery, which helps readers see Jack's journey with Christmas in locating Dur Pig. Consequently, the reader easily follows the events unfolding in the Land of the Lost through this imagery. For instance, Jack is threatened by Loser, and his advertise who eats everything in the Land of the Lost.
Paradox
The main paradox is that Jack's father is an absent man who cannot provide warmth and support to his son.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The Land of the lost is a metonymy for restoration.
Personification
The Christmas Pig is personified as Jack's companion.
