Genre
An essay
Setting and Context
The author writes about the 20th century.
Narrator and Point of View
The essay is written from the first-person point of view. Thus, Donna Haraway is the narrator.
Tone and Mood
The mood is humorous whilst the author’s tone is often sarcastic or contemplating.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Cyborgs are protagonists. Western culture created by white male heterosexuals is an antagonist.
Major Conflict
It is possible to assume that the major conflict is society vs. self.
Climax
The author’s words about the future without gender, race, and - probably - religion represent the climax of the story.
“Gender, race, or class consciousness is an achievement forced on us by the terrible historical experience of the contradictory social realities of patriarchy, colonialism, and capitalism.”
Foreshadowing
“This essay is an effort to build an ironic political myth faithful to feminism, socialism, and materialism.”
Understatement
“Seen less as workers than as servers.”
Allusions
The essay alludes to Michael Foucault.
Imagery
See the imagery section
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
“Work is being redefined as both literally female and feminized.”
