Genre
Speculative fiction
Setting and Context
A near-future post-apocalyptic world
Narrator and Point of View
Zeb and Toby, in the first-person
Tone and Mood
The tone is unsettling; the mood is mysterious.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Ren is the protagonist; Jimmy is the antagonist.
Major Conflict
The major conflict of the novel occurs when Toby helps Ren to rescue Amanda from the criminals that are trying to kidnap her, as she also survived the catastrophe.
Climax
The climax of the story is reached when the Crakers help them to rebuild all the wiped out civilization on the planet through a new camp.
Foreshadowing
The love between Zeb and Toby is foreshadowed by the fact that they spend so much time together.
Understatement
The role of combatting loneliness is understated throughout the novel.
Allusions
The story alludes to what our society could look like if a biological wipeout took place.
Imagery
The imagery of the barren, destroyed land is present in the novel.
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
There is a parallel between what Zeb finds in the accounts of his father and why he decides to escape.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The camp is a metonym for the reconstruction of society.
Personification
N/A
