House of Leaves Literary Elements

House of Leaves Literary Elements

Genre

Novel

Setting and Context

Written in the context of love

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person narrative

Tone and Mood

Horrific, terrifying, romantic, intriguing

Protagonist and Antagonist

The protagonist is Johnny Truant

Major Conflict

The conflict is when Johnny is fired from the Tattoo parlor due to the physical deterioration of his health.

Climax

The climax comes when Johnny gets obsessed with real-life relics from the manuscript he is reading.

Foreshadowing

Johnny's obsession with reading is foreshadowed by 'The Navidson Record' by Zampano.

Understatement

The power of literature is understated. When Johnny comes across a piece of literature by Zampano, he becomes obsessed with reading.

Allusions

The story alludes to the influence of literature in society.

Imagery

The images of tattoos, artifacts, visual art and photography depict the sense of sight to readers.

Paradox

The main paradox is that despite Navidson being a photojournalist, his photos are not proof enough to convince people of the actual happenings in Ash Tree Lane.

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

The Ash Tree is personified as mysterious.

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