Cured Literary Elements

Cured Literary Elements

Genre

young adult, science fiction

Setting and Context

post-apocalyptic future, USA

Narrator and Point of View

Narrator: Jack
Point of view: first person

Tone and Mood

Tone: impartial
Mood: nightmarish, gloomy

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist: Jack; Antagonist: the raiders, Soneschen

Major Conflict

Jack decides to leave the safety of her home and go search for her lost older brother Dean.

Climax

The day of the neck-tearing practice arrives, which is a death sentence for Jack and Kevin (or Jonah who secretly took his place), Dean, who is now the leader of the raiders, reveals his hidden plan: he injected dogs with the virus to use them against the raiders. He commands the dogs to attack the raiders while Jack and the rest escape.

Foreshadowing

"He swallows and says, "But I feel like I know you. I feel like I've known you for months."" p. 140
-Kevin telling this to Jack-it foreshadows the fact that he is the vagabond who visited her home for months, so he's not just feeling that he's known her for so long.

Understatement

Jack understates Kevin and decides to ignore the warning factors, blinded by her attraction to him. It worked out at the end for her, but if things didn't end up as they did, her life and lives of her friends would be put in serious danger with little chance of survival.

Allusions

"Good morning, Little Red Riding Hood." p. 135

Imagery

There is imagery of abandoned and rotting homes, buildings and the entire dying world outside the wall.

Paradox

"Trust versus mistrust. Attraction versus repulsion. Truth versus lies." p. 156
-Jack's feelings for Kevin after she realizes he is the vagabond.

Parallelism

"So empty. So abandoned. So dead." p. 17

Metonymy and Synecdoche

The raiders-raid and take everything that is on their way, mostly women, while asserting dominance in the world outside the wall.

Personification

"Silent, odorless, still, the dawn-washed world seems as if it is holding its breath." p. 17

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