Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Literary Elements

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Literary Elements

Genre

Historical nonficiton

Setting and Context

The Mongol Empire, 1100-1300

Narrator and Point of View

Omniscient narrator

Tone and Mood

Historical, matter of fact

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist: Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire; Antagonists: the rival empires

Major Conflict

Genghis Khan dreams of expanding the Mongol Empire, and change its traditions and norms.

Climax

Genghis manages to defeat and conquest various empires to the west of the Mongol Empire.

Foreshadowing

Temujin changing his name to Genghis foreshadows that his life will change, since his name does.

Understatement

The fact that Temujin's family was outcasted by their tribe is an understatement, as it changed the way Temujin thought.

Allusions

The reader might discern allusions to various other stories and legends about Genghis Khan, as well as other great leaders.

Imagery

The image of Temujin rising from his outcast family, changing his name and becoming the leader of the great empire of Mongol is one of strongest images, not only in the book, but in the world of world leaders.

Paradox

"The Mongol Empire was made of a military force that hungered for blood" is a paradox discussed though the book, as Weatherford constantly tries explaining why the Mongol empire wasn't purely what it has been portrayed as by mainstream media.

Parallelism

There can be parallel lines drawn between the Mongol Empire before, during and after the reign of Genghis Khan.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

N/A

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