Genre
Fiction
Setting and Context
Written in the context of government’s oppression
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Upbeat, stimulating, buoyant and assertive
Protagonist and Antagonist
Cia is the protagonist of the story.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is that the Testing to elect the Commonwealth leader by the government is unjust, vile and malicious. Students consider Testing as a matter of life and death.
Climax
The climax is when Cia discovers that she is not alone in the fight against the Testing that stresses students. For instance, she realizes that the senior people within the commonwealth system are secretly working with the rebellion to end the Testing.
Foreshadowing
The collapse of the Testing system is foreshadowed by Cia’s relentless determination to end it. Together with other like-minded people such as President Collindar, the oppressive Testing system is brought down.
Understatement
The influence of Cia and rebels who wants to bring down the Testing system is understated. At last, Cia proves that her determination is supreme.
Allusions
The story alludes to the government's oppressive tactics through Testing to make it difficult for students to join the commonwealth school and its leadership.
Imagery
N/A
Paradox
The main paradox is that Cia is surprised to learn that the executive commonwealth education system is working for the insurgents to end the Testing.
Parallelism
There is parallelism between the government's intention to restrict students from enrolling in commonwealth schools and the students' focus on leadership.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The Testing is personified as brutal.
