Genre
A novella
Setting and Context
The actions of the story take place in the made-up village called Wootton Major, and in the magic country called Faery.
Narrator and Point of View
It is the third-person type of narration.
Tone and Mood
Tone and mood of the story is mysterious and exciting.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist of the story is Smith, and the antagonist is Nokes.
Major Conflict
The main conflict is whether a person believes in magic or not. The author’s philosophy is that everything in the world happens by the will of the powers above, but it is up to a person to decide whether it is really so.
Climax
The climax occurs when the faystar goes to its next owner, a little boy named Tim.
Foreshadowing
The existence of the magic country foreshadows adventures and danger to the characters of the story.
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
The events of the story take place in a made-up country, so allusions to real world are mostly not found.
Imagery
The images of the Faery country, which are represented in terms of a natural background, and magic images as well are depicted in the story.
Paradox
The paradox is the fact of the existence of the magic country.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
“The children called him old Rag-and-Bones” (Soon after the dream, Nokes “became lean, and his clothes and his skin hung on him in folds and creases”, that’s why children called him Rag-and-Bones)
Personification
“No, it isn't!" said a voice behind him”
“A little breeze, cool and fragrant, stirred the waking trees”
“mountains rose before him”
“ringing boom ran across the lake and echoed in its shores”
“a light came from it that cast shadows on the walls of the room, now growing dark in the evening”
