Tracks Literary Elements

Tracks Literary Elements

Genre

Historical Fiction Novel

Setting and Context

The novel is written in the context of the life of Native and Non-Native Americans.

Narrator and Point of View

First-person narrative

Tone and Mood

Pessimistic, resentful

Protagonist and Antagonist

The protagonists are Nanapush and Pauline Puyat.

Major Conflict

The major conflict is when Pauline becomes jealous of the romantic relationship between Fleur and Eli. Pauline gives Eli a love potion, but it backfires because he sees her as a pest.

Climax

The climax is when Pauline gives up on the love between Eli and Fleur. Instead, she blames God for her misfortunes.

Foreshadowing

Pauline's envy of Fleur's love foreshadows her doomed ending.

Understatement

Blaming God for Pauline’s misfortunes is an understatement because God has nothing to do with her bad luck.

Allusions

The story alludes to romance and relationships. For instance, Pauline is ready to use a love potion to win Fleur’s boyfriend.

Imagery

The description of the physical appearance of Fleur depicts the imagery of sight.

Paradox

Paradoxically, instead of falling in love with the person who saved her life, Fleur falls for another man. Nanapush is disappointed, but life has to continue.

Parallelism

The story of Nanapush apparels Pauline’s of the connection of troubled loved in both cases.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

N/A

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