Genre
Novel
Setting and Context
Written in the context of police brutality
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is callous, and the mood is gloomy.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Fred Daniels.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is that Daniels is accused of a crime he never committed, and he is forced to hide from the authorities by living in the underground sewage tunnels.
Climax
The climax comes when Daniels surrenders to the police and convince them that he is innocent. Unfortunately, after burning his confession, the police shoot him to death.
Foreshadowing
The floating body of a child down the sewer line foreshadows Daniels' death.
Understatement
The viciousness of the police is understated.
Allusions
The story alludes to police cruelty and how innocent people are forced to confess the crimes they never committed.
Imagery
The images of the sewer and the floating dead body of a baby depict the sense of sight, enabling readers to see the novel's setting.
Paradox
The main paradox is the police who are supposed to enforce laws are the same people forcing people to make false confessions.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The sewer tunnel is personified as inhumane.
