Genre
Fiction Novel
Setting and Context
The fictional novel is set in the Mojave Desert in California. The novel is written in the context of magical realism.
Narrator and Point of View
The novel is written in a third-person narrative.
Tone and Mood
Depressing, disheartening, and sanguine.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Jaz Matharu.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is when Raj gets lost in the Mojave Desert while the family is on vacation.
Climax
The climax is when Raj reappears, uninjured and not frightened. However, Raj’s parents realize that he behaves strangely.
Foreshadowing
Coyote foreshadows the abrupt outlandish conduct of Raj after he reappears.
Understatement
Lisa and Jaz underestimate the evils of the desert.
Allusions
The story alludes to the mysteries of the Mojave Desert and the mythical existence of Coyote, who causes strange behaviors to those who disappear and reappear.
Imagery
The entire novel is filled with images of the Mojave Desert, which depicts sight imagery.
Paradox
The main paradox is that the vacation intended to end pleasurably turns out catastrophic when Raj disappears.
Parallelism
There is parallelism between people's beliefs and the actual existence of Coyote.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Coyote is a mythical creature that has been personified as having the ability of performing human abilities such as driving and getting tired.
