Genre
Fiction novel
Setting and Context
Third-person narrative
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Adventurers, explorative, optimistic, enlightening
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central characters are David Bourne and Catherine Bourne.
Major Conflict
The main conflict is that David has intercourse with Marita, and his wife, Catherine approves the affair.
Climax
The climax comes when David reproduces the best short African Stories, which surpasses many people's expectations.
Foreshadowing
Catherine's sexual pretense foreshadows David's unfaithfulness.
Understatement
The cordial relationship between David and Marita is understated. Towards the end of the story, the reader realizes that Marita and David are very close, and their relationship can lead to intimacy and marriage.
Allusions
The story alludes to the passion for authorship and the love for literature.
Imagery
The images of sexuality and intercourse depict sight imagery to readers to see how David had sex with Marita. Ironically, Catherine is the one who brings Marita to David and requests them to have sexual intercourse.
Paradox
The main paradox is that David has sexual intercourse with Marita, and she swims naked alongside Catherine!
Parallelism
There is parallelism between David’s ambition for the African short stories and Catherine’s motivation for the novel.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The feeling of unfaithfulness is a metonymy for guilt and self-reflection.
Personification
N/A
