Coming Through Slaughter Literary Elements

Coming Through Slaughter Literary Elements

Genre

Novel; fiction

Setting and Context

New Orleans in 1907

Narrator and Point of View

An unnamed, third-person omniscient narrator.

Tone and Mood

The tone is sad; the mood is nonetheless hopeful.

Protagonist and Antagonist

Buddy Bolden is the protagonist; the photographer is the antagonist.

Major Conflict

The major conflict of the novel occurs when Bolden's jazz music starts to become more controversial just as his behavior does as well.

Climax

The climax of the story is reached when Bellocq is introduced to Bolden and begins to document the breaking of his sanity.

Foreshadowing

The self-destruction of Bolden is foreshadowed by his music.

Understatement

The way music affects our brains is understated throughout the novel.

Allusions

The story alludes to the life of jazz artist Buddy Bolden in 1907.

Imagery

The imagery of beautiful jazz music is present in the novel.

Paradox

N/A

Parallelism

There is a parallel between the structure of the novel and the jazz music that Bolden plays.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

Bolden's mental state is personified through the music he plays.

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