Genre
Short stories
Setting and Context
Written in the context of exploration
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Intriguing, Fascinating, humorous
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Clyde.
Major Conflict
The main conflict is in the story 'Vampires in the Lemon Grove', in which predators are a huge source of immorality.
Climax
The climax is in the story ‘Dougbert Shackleton's Rules for Antarctic Tailgating', in which human meddling into the national fruition of evolution leads to the destruction of some species.
Foreshadowing
The decision by Clyde to stop sucking human blood is foreshadowed by his marriage to Magreb, who has never drunk blood in her life as a vampire.
Understatement
The ability of vampires to live like normal people is understated in the story ‘Vampires in the Lemon Grove.’ It is later discovered that feeding on blood is a myth because vampires can instead suck lemons.
Allusions
The ‘Proving Up’ story alludes to history and horror.
Imagery
The description of the discovery of the scarecrow in the story ‘The Graveless Dolls of Eric Mutis’ depicts the sense of sight to readers.
Paradox
The main paradox is in The Seagull Army Descends on Strong Beach, 1979. The teen's life is satirical because it is surrounded by envy, self-interest, and jealousy.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Silkworms in the story ‘Reeling for the Empire’ are personified.
