Genre
Novel
Setting and Context
Set during WWII
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Sad, disheartening, depressing and buoyant
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Eva Stern.
Major Conflict
There is a conflict between Eva's feelings about the loss of her entire family during the war and her reality in the concentration camp where she is subjected to hard labor. Similarly, the painful memories have made Eva find it difficult to build new relationships in her current state.
Climax
The climax comes when Eva and her fellow Jews start rebuilding their lives after the war that left almost eliminated the entire population of Jews.
Foreshadowing
The devastation of Eva and fellow Jews is foreshadowed by the animosity between the Christians and the Jews, which led to a full-blown war.
Understatement
The impact of war is understated. Most Jews were slaughtered during the war, and those who survived were traumatized.
Allusions
The story alludes to the extermination of the Jews during the war.
Imagery
The description of life images in the concentration camps depicts sight imagery.
Paradox
The main paradox is that people worshipping the same God (Christians and Jews) can turn against each based on unfounded ideologies.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The lost generation is a metonymy for the traumatized group of people.
Personification
N/A
