Democratic Vistas Literary Elements

Democratic Vistas Literary Elements

Genre

Political book

Setting and Context

Written in the context of the principles of democracy

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person narrative

Tone and Mood

Enlightening and optimistic

Protagonist and Antagonist

The personified protagonists are the Old World and New World.

Major Conflict

The main conflict comes when Lincoln dies, which results in the loss of political unity and people view each other as competitors.

Climax

The climax comes when the author concludes that despite America being the most industrialized world and with the best technology globally, its people are greedy.

Foreshadowing

The decline in land size in America was foreshadowed by the failure of Americans to adapt to economic competition. Instead, the American people ventured into land purchase competition which ended up in the hands of the few individual people.

Understatement

The negative impacts of motivation among the American people are understated.

Allusions

The story alludes to the significance of Americans embracing a democracy based on brotherhood.

Imagery

The negative deals of the American officials and individuals are described using imagery. The author writes, “The official services of America, national, state, and municipal, in all their branches and departments, except the judiciary, are saturated in corruption, bribery, falsehood, mal-administration; and the judiciary is tainted.”

Paradox

The main paradox is that rapid industrialization benefits few individuals instead of boosting the living standards of all Americans. The ordinary citizens have remained poor during industrialization.

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

Economic competition is personified as a monster.

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