A Hope in the Unseen Literary Elements

A Hope in the Unseen Literary Elements

Genre

Contemporary novel

Setting and Context

America in the 1990s.

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person narrator.

Tone and Mood

The tone is factual and hopeful.

Protagonist and Antagonist

The protagonist is Cedric, and the antagonists are those who bully him.

Major Conflict

The major conflict of the novel is Cedric's troubles with his education.

Climax

One climax of the novel is when Barbara is almost evicted.

Foreshadowing

The student's reaction to the awards ceremony at the beginning of the novel foreshadows their reaction to Cedric.

Understatement

The issue facing ambitious students in underachieving schools is something that is understated by American society. This is shown by the fact the other university students do not understand the effort it has taken Cedric to get there.

Allusions

The novel alludes to the trial of O.J Simpson.

Imagery

The novel includes imagery about wealth, including expensive cars and technology.

Paradox

Cedric is an incredibly intelligent and hard-working student, yet he is still behind when he attends the MIT programme.

Parallelism

Cedric's experiences and upbringing are paralleled with the other student's background.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

N/A

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