Eight Men Out Literary Elements

Eight Men Out Literary Elements

Genre

Sports novel

Setting and Context

Set in 1919 and written in the context of the Black Sox Scandal

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person narrative

Tone and Mood

Disheartening and ominous

Protagonist and Antagonist

The central character is Charles Comiskey, the owner of the White Sox team.

Major Conflict

The major conflict is when the eight teammates of the White Sox decided to lose their game intentionally through match-fixing.

Climax

The climax comes when the eight players of the White Sox are banned from participating in any professional baseball event.

Foreshadowing

The greed for money foreshadowed the fall of the White Sox.

Understatement

The influence of gamblers in destroying the future of the White Sox was understated.

Allusions

The story alludes to the consequences of match-fixing in professional baseball sporting events.

Imagery

The imagery of gambling and cheating depict sight imagery to help readers see the consequences of match-fixing.

Paradox

The main paradox is that the eight men in White Sox were declared innocent by the court, but all were banned from participating in any professional baseball sporting event.

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

Match-fixing is used as a metonymy for cheating

Personification

N/A

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