Genre
Nonfiction
Setting and Context
Russia during World War I
Narrator and Point of View
Lenin narrates the book in the third-person.
Tone and Mood
The tone is controlling; the mood is fearful.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Lenin is the protagonist; the Western world is the antagonist.
Major Conflict
The major conflict of the book occurs when Lenin begins his simple definition of what the State is and what its role as an organization is.
Climax
The climax of the book is reached when Lenin begins to investigate into the theoretical questions that Marx raised.
Foreshadowing
The societal change in Russia at the time is foreshadowed by the action plan laid out by Lenin in his book.
Understatement
The importance of having a defined mission is understated throughout the book.
Allusions
The book alludes to suffering of the Russian people during the First World War.
Imagery
The imagery of social revolution and change is present in the novel.
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
There is a parallel between what Lenin strongly believed and the arguments made in the book.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
Neither metonymy nor synecdoche is used as it is a nonfiction book.
Personification
N/A
