Eva Luna Literary Elements

Eva Luna Literary Elements

Genre

Novel

Setting and Context

Written in the context of magical realism

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person narrative

Tone and Mood

Horrific, terrifying, pessimistic

Protagonist and Antagonist

The central character is Eva Luna.

Major Conflict

The main conflict is that Eva Luna is engaged in multiple unsuccessful marriage relationships with different partners.

Climax

The climax comes when Eva breaks up with her benefactor Naranjo because she is abused and traumatized.

Foreshadowing

Naranjo’s idiosyncrasy and lacerating baggage foreshadowed his breakup with Eva.

Understatement

Success in marriage is understated in the text. Eva is a woman looking forward to settling down with one man and creating a family. Unfortunately, the story ends without Eva getting married.

Allusions

The story alludes to relationship challenges and how one can deal with them.

Imagery

The images of orphan-hood dominate the book. Eva is an orphan, and her life is disturbed because she cannot even settle down with one man. Consequently, Eva ends up having multiple sexual affairs with different men.

Paradox

The main paradox is when Eva is left in the brothel by her caregivers, who intentionally knew that various men would rape her.

Parallelism

Eva's story parallels readers' expectations on how caregivers should look after orphans.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

The brothel is embodied as horrific and dehumanizing.

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