Genre
Fictional poetry
Setting and Context
Western Washington State, 1900
Narrator and Point of View
Seymour Polatkin
Tone and Mood
Brutally honest, educational
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist: Seymour Polatkin; Antagonist: Cultural assimilation
Major Conflict
Seymour has to confront his past in the Spokane Reservation when his friend dies.
Climax
When Seymour embraces who he is, thanks to what he has gone through in his life.
Foreshadowing
The poetry Seymour writes foreshadows the life Seymour will come back to, once he returns to the reservation.
Understatement
The poetry Seymour writes is understated, as it is one of the reasons he becomes pushed away by his people.
Allusions
The reader might have allusions to other communities where the main character has two different personas due to difference in culture.
Imagery
The image of Seymout returning because the death of his friend is very strong, because it shows that he indeed loved him, even though he was a part of his old life.
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
There might be drawn a parallel line between Seymour's life before and after he left the reservation, as well as when he returns back, as the reader can see the difference Seymour has in personality and attitude.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
N/A
