Genre
Drama
Language
English
Setting and Context
Las Vegas, Nevada - 2014
Narrator and Point of View
POV and Narrator is The Pilot
Tone and Mood
Serious, Dramatic, Poetic
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist is The Pilot. Antagonist is the war.
Major Conflict
The Pilot is grounded when she finds out she is pregnant, then again when she discovers she will no longer be flying but piloting drones overseas while in Nevada.
Climax
The Pilot refuses to kill the target as the target's daughter will be killed as well. She is court martialed and imprisoned for disobeying a direct order.
Foreshadowing
Having a child, Sam, foreshadows The Pilot not being able to kill an innocent child.
Understatement
It is understated as to why the CO didn't take The Pilot off duty when he knew she was cracking.
Allusions
The play is an allusion to the effects of modern warfare on family life and the price of war.
Imagery
Thermal Imaging of troops going from being hot to cold grey.
Paradox
The Pilot plans to spend her week off with her daughter. Paradoxically she can't will herself to get out of bed.
Parallelism
The Pilot is alone at the end of the play, this time imprisoned by her flight suit. This parallels her in the opening of the play being in full identity in her suit.
Personification
The Pilot becomes the personification of the war being brought home in her daily life.
Use of Dramatic Devices
The play has only one actor on stage, The Pilot.
Brant uses poetic verse to create the tone for the play.
