Genre
Psychological self-help book
Setting and Context
Written in the context of human limitation.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Enlightening and intriguing
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character in the book is the Hard Worker.
Major Conflict
The main conflict is between hard work and natural talent. Society believes that success results from handwork, but emotionally, they know that success is associated with natural talent.
Climax
The climax comes in lesson three, in which the author suggests that any person who wants to succeed should break down the long term vision into small steps that can be repeated daily to achieve the set objectives.
Foreshadowing
The success of an individual is foreshadowed by talent and hard work combined.
Understatement
The contribution of natural talent to the success of an individual is understated. Success cannot be achieved without the skill and natural push to achieve something.
Allusions
The story alludes to the relationship between talent and hard work and how they contribute to success.
Imagery
The imagery of natural talent and the real path to victory in life is used to highlight the significance of appreciating hard work.
Paradox
The irony of natural talent in its relation to success is dominant in the book. For instance, people blame their failure on the lack of natural talent when they know perfectly well that they are lazy.
Parallelism
There is a parallelism between natural talent and hard work regarding an individual's success in life.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Natural talent is personified as the willpower for an individual's success.
