Genre
Fiction
Setting and Context
Set in Victorian England
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Humorous, informative and intriguing
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Lewis Carroll.
Major Conflict
The main conflict is that human beings are desperately looking forward to comprehending their origin.
Climax
The climax comes when society shifts from speculative human evolution to scientifically proven human evolution.
Foreshadowing
The death of imaginative writings about the human origin is foreshadowed by the evolution of scientifically proven methods that show how people came into being.
Understatement
Scientific discovery about human evolution is understated. Besides the proven facts about man's evolution, many people still believe based on religious beliefs.
Allusions
The story alludes to creation history.
Imagery
The imagery of evolution and creation depicts sight to readers to have an imaginative picture of the origin of man.
Paradox
The paradox of the origin of man is predominant in the text. Besides this book written for children, the reader finds it satirical that evolution is complex for children to comprehend.
Parallelism
There is parallelism between Charles’ Darwin's theory of evolution and cultural beliefs about the origin of humanity.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Science is personified as the true informer about the evolution of man.
