Genre
Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy
Setting and Context
Post-apocalyptic Toronto, Canada
Narrator and Point of View
Brown Girl in the Ring is told from a third-person point of view.
Tone and Mood
The book is solemn, violent, depressing, and oppressive.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Ti-Jeanne is the book's protagonist; Rudy Shelton is the book's antagonist
Major Conflict
The major conflict of the book revolves around Ti-Jeanne and the rest of the residents of Toronto's struggles to survive and their attempts to deal with Rudy Shelton.
Climax
When Ti-Jeanne confronts Rudy in the CN Tower.
Foreshadowing
Tony's eventual murder is foreshadowed by his addiction, by threats from posse members, and by visions.
Understatement
The transformative effect the economic collapse and subsequent unrest had on the ecology and waterways near Toronto is understated throughout the book.
Allusions
The book alludes to the geography of Toronto and its surrounding areas, to psychology and sociology, to the history of the U.S. and Canada, and to religion.
Imagery
As Hopkinson starts to emphasize the effects of economic collapse, she begins to use more post-apocalyptic imagery.
Paradox
Ti-Jeanne is paralyzed by a drug that someone injects in her, but is able to move into an "astral" state.
Parallelism
The story of each of the residents of Toronto, most of whom are suffering, are paralleled throughout the book.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The City of Toronto is personified in the book and is given human-like characteristics.
