Genre
Nonfiction
Setting and Context
The book is set in Budapest City, written in the context of the Hungarian Revolution.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is informative, and the mood is optimistic.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Tibor Dona is the central character in the story.
Major Conflict
The main conflict is that the war broke in Hungary and the effects are devastating. For instance, families were broken, and those who suffered the most were women and children.
Climax
The climax came when the people of Budapest pushed the Soviet Union Soldiers to retreat.
Foreshadowing
The Hungarian Revolution foreshadowed the freedom of the people of Hungary in the long run.
Understatement
The efforts of the people in Budapest city to gain freedom are understated. After the Soviet Union retreated, it came back and caused terror and havoc. However, the people of Budapest were resilient, and they fought back until they won the freedom they were looking for.
Allusions
The story alluded to the struggles the Hungarians had to go through for them to gain freedom.
Imagery
The imagery of revolution appears throughout the text to help readers see how the Hungarians fought the war that propelled them to freedom.
Paradox
The main paradox is the annexing of Hungary by the Soviet Union. It is satirical that Budapest is strategic to most superpowers, but Hungarians are left to fight independently.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
War is incarnated as futile.
