Binti Literary Elements

Binti Literary Elements

Genre

science fiction

Setting and Context

futuristic world, Earth, Space and the planet with Omza University

Narrator and Point of View

Narrator: Binti
Point of view: first person

Tone and Mood

Nightmarish, adventurous

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist: Binti; Antagonist: Meduse, humans

Major Conflict

Binti secretly decides to leave her home on Earth to get aboard a spaceship to the Omza University, a university for gifted students on another planet. On the way there, the spaceship gets taken over by a species called Meduse, with Binti being the only survivor of their attack.

Climax

Binti succeeds in negotiating peace between Meduse and Omza University, with Okwu becoming a student like her.

Foreshadowing

"I was going to be a pariah."
-Binti foreshadows her future as she secretly leaves her home to get aboard the spaceship to the Omza University.

Understatement

"Suffering is against the Way. Let us end you."
-Meduse trying to convince Binti to give up, after they fail to enter the room she's hiding in.

Allusions

N/A

Imagery

Imagery of hair: the importance of Binti's hair covered in red clay, for which she gets ostracized but which represents home and tradition. Her hair becomes Okuoko, a living part of her that connects her to Meduse.

Paradox

"Green tiny leaves of green tiny life when I was so close to death."

Parallelism

"I held it to my chest, shut my eyes, and prayed to it, I am in your protection. Please protect me. I am in your protection. Please protect me."
-Binti praying to Edan to protect her from Meduse

Metonymy and Synecdoche

The Chief - the leader of Meduse

Personification

"The ship made all sorts of sounds, even before the Meduse attacked. It was a living thing and like any beast, its bowels gurgled and quaked every so often."

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