Genre
A short story
Setting and Context
America, a few miles from Arizona; the time is not mentioned
Narrator and Point of View
First-person narration, and the narrator is an unnamed boy of 12 years old
Tone and Mood
The tone and mood are friendly, but it gets a little worried when two boys have found a cannonball used in mines
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is the unnamed boy; the antagonist of the story is not obvious.
Major Conflict
The main conflict is in the comprehension of things of real value for one, and that at the same time these things might mean less for somebody else. Different people tend to treat things differently.
Climax
The climax comes when two boys are yelled at by the golfers, and this incident makes the boys grow up.
Foreshadowing
The friendship between two boys who liked to do things which are forbidden at school foreshadows adventures for them.
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
The story alludes to the imagined country of Oz.
Imagery
Imagery is used prominently in nature descriptions.
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
Parallelism is used in describing the lives of two boys who had the same interests.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Things that the boys could not understand and explain are personified as a lion.
