You (2014 Novel) Literary Elements

You (2014 Novel) Literary Elements

Genre

Psychologic Thriller

Setting and Context

Bookshop, present time

Narrator and Point of View

Joe Goldberg

Tone and Mood

Suspense

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist: Guinevere Beck; Antagonist: Joe Goldberg

Major Conflict

Joe Goldberg wants Guinevere Beck to fall in love with him.

Climax

Beck finds out that Joe has been stalking her.

Foreshadowing

Everything Joe does is foreshadowed, as he says that he will do anything to have Beck for himself. However, the reader doesn't understand what that means, and he is not taken seriously until he does what he said he would do.

Understatement

That Joe would take care of her is an understatement, as he didn't only take care of her, but took over her life as well.

Allusions

The reader might have allusions to several social media stories, as the book is a showcase of how easy it is to gather information about a person beginning from the web.

Imagery

The image of Joe being abused by the former shop owner, which is why he turned out the way he did.

Paradox

A paradox that the reader might comment on is if Joe really loved Beck or not, for he strongly believed that he did, while his actions showed that he was mentally warped.

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

The books are personified, expressed as a person that will seduce ; "They seduce you. They spread their legs to you and pull you inside."

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