Winter's Tales Literary Elements

Fiction

The book was set in 1942 in Denmark.

Third-person narrative

Suspicious, celebrative, optimistic, joyous

The protagonist of the book is Charlie Despard.

The conflict is when Charlie enters the wrong hotel room and thinks that his wife is. When the young man, supposedly the boyfriend of the woman where Charles is, comes with flowers, Charles turns him away, telling him that he got to the wrong room.

The climax comes when the older woman takes Simon as her son and hides him from the sailors looking for him. The older woman later reveals to him that she is the peregrine bird that he saved. Therefore, the older woman pays back by helping Simon to escape.

The peregrine bird foreshadows Simon's future saviour.

Jensine underestimates the pearl necklace before she gives it to an old shoemaker to repair it. After getting the necklace back while in Denmark, Jensine notices an extra pearl that is more significant than the rest.

'The Sailor-Boy's Tale' alludes to the rewards of good deeds. When Simon saves the bird, he does not know that it is a human who saves his life later in life. The story 'The Young Man with the Carnation' alludes to the significance of being thankful to God for what we have. Charles later in life realizes the importance of his wife and success and stops blaming God.

Almost all the stories in this collection describe the Danish Landscape, which depicts sight imagery. For instance, the author writes that the Danish Landscape is quiet. Similarly, the author says that the sky was cloudless, which aids readers to visualize and comprehend the story's setting.

The main paradox is that despite Charles being a successful writer with a beautiful life, he still thinks that God has not blessed him!

Charles’ story parallels Jensine’s because, at first, these characters do not appreciate what they have but later realizes that they are the luckiest ever.

The 'peregrine bird' refers to the savior.

The bird is personified as a human savior.