Genre
Young adult, comedy, coming of age novel
Setting and Context
Benson high school, college explanation
Narrator and Point of View
Greg Gaines
Tone and Mood
Funny, sad, depressing
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist: Rachel, Earl and Greg; Antagonist: Leukemia
Major Conflict
Rachel is diagnosed with Leukemia.
Climax
Rachel dies from Leukemia.
Foreshadowing
When Rachel is diagnosed with Leukemia, the presence of the disease can be seen as simultaneously foreshadowing her death.
Understatement
The beauty of Rachel's attractive friend, Leah, is an understatement since it made Rachel and Greg friends.
Allusions
N/A
Imagery
The image of Rachel living is an important image, as that was the part she was trying hard to focus on, instead of her upcoming death.
Paradox
You should count the seconds you have left to live.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
Metonymy: The dying girl
Personification
N/A
