Genre
Children’s fantasy novel
Setting and Context
The novel is set at the Clam Island, West Coast of the United States of America, in the context of coming of age.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Enthusiastic, optimistic, relentless
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is Ethan Feld.
Major Conflict
Cayote wants to destroy the tree of life by poisoning it. If Cayote succeeds to poison the tree of life, the universe order will be disrupted.
Climax
Ethan and his friends come together to destroy Cayote before he kills the tree of life. Ethan uses his baseball talent to stop Cayote from achieving his evil goal.
Foreshadowing
The meeting with Cutbelly foreshadows Ethan’s full exploration of the other worlds that he had not discovered before.
Understatement
Jennifer and Thor underestimated Ethan's baseball, which later proved to be powerful in stopping Cayote from destroying the tree of life.
Allusions
There is a mythological allusion that captures the biblical story of creation. The tree of life is mentioned, which resembles the tree of life discussed in the biblical story of creation.
Imagery
The heroic imagery is prevalent when Ethan uses his baseball skills to stop Cayote from destroying the tree of life.
Paradox
The Island is metaphorical and paradoxical because instead of providing warmth to the protagonist and his father, it makes them lonelier.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
‘Cayote’ is a name used to refer to Satan, who has no good intentions for the living.
Personification
The tree of life is personified as having the human ability to decide where the rain falls.
