Genre
Science fiction novel
Setting and Context
Written in the context of exploration and adventure
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Adventurous and sad
Protagonist and Antagonist
Ana Dakkar is the protagonist of the novel.
Major Conflict
The conflict is that Ana Dakkar joins Harding—Pencroft Academy to study marine exploration without knowing how it will end.
Climax
The climax is when Ana and her brother discover that their parents succumbed and passed away during an expedition in the same academy they are learning.
Foreshadowing
The secretive final trials at the academy foreshadowed the dead of Ana’s parents.
Understatement
The ability of Ana to discover the truth about the death of her parents is understated.
Allusions
The story alludes to the events unfolding in the undersea world, which are adventures and rivalry.
Imagery
The undersea imagery depicts a sense of sight, which helps readers see the events such as adventure and rivalry that take place underwater.
Paradox
The main paradox is that the academy kept the secret about Ana's parents' death, but she discovered it at last.
Parallelism
The underwater events parallel everyday happenings on the dry land.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The undersea is embodied as rivalry and adventures.
