Genre
Psychological Fiction
Setting and Context
Labrador, Canada in the year of 1968.
Narrator and Point of View
The narrator is a third person omniscient.
Tone and Mood
Sadness, Despairing, Rebellious, Hopeful.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Wayne is the protagonist of the story and his father is the antagonist.
Major Conflict
Wayne is a third gender child who wants to live like a girl, but his father wanted a boy. He forces him to be more masculine although, he knows the real identity of his child.
Climax
After reaching puberty, Wayne realizes that he can no longer keep this facade. He will be living as Annabel because he wants to embrace his real identity as a woman.
Foreshadowing
Wayne's father chooses the male identity for his hermaphrodite child because of his wish to have a son. It foreshadows Wayne's inner conflict and agony in the further story.
Understatement
Wayne is afraid to go against his father's wish and doesn't dare to live as the girl even though he wants to accept his female identity. After growing into an adult, he realizes that he should live his life as he wants.
Allusions
There's an allusion between the story of Annabel and British pop singer Goldfrapp's song Annabel.
Imagery
When Wayne and his father build a bridge over to a creek and to make the bridge look beautiful, Wayne enhances it with colorful lightings and curtains.
Paradox
Wayne's father wants him to be masculine by making him do physical works so he shall stop acting pansy, but it leads Wayne to become rebellious.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
According to the Wayne's father Masculinity word equals to power.
Personification
N/A
