Genre
Novel
Setting and Context
Written in the context of racial prejudice before, during, and after Civil Rights Movements
Narrator and Point of View
The narrators are Patricia and her daughter Tananarive.
Tone and Mood
The tone is apprehensive, and the mood is buoyant.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonists are Patricia Due and Tananarive Due.
Major Conflict
There is a conflict between Tananarive's cultural identity and the environment she grows up in.
Climax
The climax is when Patricia marries John Due and decides to bring up their daughter in suburban life.
Foreshadowing
Tananarive's leadership of the NAACP is foreshadowed by her parents' active role in Civil Rights Movements in their prime years.
Understatement
Tananarive underestimates the impact of her contribution to Civil Rights Activism because most of her friends are whites.
Allusions
The story alludes to racial prejudice against African Americans and their struggle through rights activism.
Imagery
The imagery of human dignity is depicted when Tananarive's parents teach her the significance of human value and treating other people with respect regardless of race and color.
Paradox
The main paradox is that Tananarive is brought up in a white neighborhood, but she still feels lost in her identity.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
Activism is used as a metonymy for liberation.
Personification
N/A
