Genre
Fictional Novel
Setting and Context
Set in Akure in the 1990s
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is tense, and the mood is frightening.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonists are the three brothers, namely Ben, Ikenna, Boja, and Obembe.
Major Conflict
There is a conflict between the mad man and the three brothers. The mad man tells one of the brothers that his sibling will kill him.
Climax
The climax comes when Ikenna becomes paranoid after believing the prophecy of the mad man.
Foreshadowing
The awkward behavior of the three brothers is foreshadowed by their father’s strict style of parenting.
Understatement
The negative impact of restrictive parenting is understated.
Allusions
The story alludes to parenting and the tragic events of childhood.
Imagery
The fishing scenery is described to depict sight imagery.
Paradox
The primary paradox is that the parents are not aware of what is troubling Ikenna.
Parallelism
Parallelism
There is parallelism between over-strict parenting and the rogue behavior of children.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
N/A
