Genre
Memoir
Setting and Context
Written in the context of the author's confession for being a 'cyber ho.'
Narrator and Point of View
First-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Enlightening and optimistic, heartbreaking
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Issa Rae.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is that Issa becomes a cyber ho at eleven.
Climax
The climax comes when Issa explores her potential in using the internet to develop web episodes that competitive media outlets sign.
Foreshadowing
Issa’s father infidelity foreshadows his divorce from his wife.
Understatement
The negative impacts of the internet are understated. Besides sex predators preying on young girls, cyberbullying among children is the most rampant negative vice on the internet.
Allusions
The story alludes to exploring the internet and its role in Issa's life.
Imagery
The adjectives used in describing black hair appeal to the sense of sight to readers.
Paradox
The main paradox is that Issa's father blames his wife for the divorce, but the reality is contradictory. Issa later learns that her father was the cause of the divorce because he was a womanizer.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The internet is personified as revolutionary
