Genre
Fiction (Anthological book)
Setting and Context
Set in 1994
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Both the tone and mood are nonaligned
Protagonist and Antagonist
In Book One: East, the protagonist, is the Banker, while the protagonists in ‘Chekov and Sulu’ are Pavel Chekov and Hikaru Sulu.
Major Conflict
The conflict is in 'Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies', in which a woman loses an opportunity of getting married to an England suitor because she does not want to go.
Climax
The climax is in 'Book Two: West', where Dorothy Gale's eminent red slippers are sold to the highest bidder. The slippers are sold at a higher price because they are believed to be magical.
Foreshadowing
The suicide of a disturbed man in 'Chekov and Sulu' in Book Three: East-West is foreshadowed by schizophrenia.
Understatement
The problem of overpopulation in India is understated.
Allusions
The story ‘The Harmony of the Spheres’ in Book Two: West alludes to the impact of depression.
Imagery
The images of the union of opposites in book one depict sight imagery.
Paradox
The main paradox is in the story ‘At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers’, in which red slippers are overpriced and sold to the highest bidder because they are believed to be magical.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
‘The Prophet’s Hair’ is a metonymy for hope and healing.
Personification
N/A
