Genre
Novel (science fiction)
Setting and Context
Set in 2116 (futuristic) in the context of a dystopic future
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is tragic, and the mood is tense.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The title character is Logan 3
Major Conflict
There is a major conflict between the increasing population and reducing resources to sustain the human influx.
Climax
The climax comes when the operative, Logan 3, attains 21 years of age and decides to run away from the ageist society.
Foreshadowing
Computer technology that controls the world was foreshadowed in 1960 by the researchers at Columbia.
Understatement
Logan 3 underestimates the power of the computer system that he operates until he attains the age of 21 and realizes that the same system is ready to terminate him.
Allusions
The novel alludes to resources' constraints against the influx in population growth.
Imagery
Sight imagery is depicted when the author describes the subway system, which facilitates a way out to the sanctuary aiding readers to have a clear picture of the safe exit.
Paradox
The main paradox is that Logan 3 operates the computer system that terminates any individual attaining the age of 21. When Logan realizes that he is turning twenty-one years, he runs away to save his life.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The computer system is personified as having the ability to terminate lives.
