Genre
Domestic fiction
Setting and Context
The setting takes place in Maine Peninsula.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Anxious and fanciful
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonists are Agnes and Polly, while the protagonists are Archie's wife and James.
Major Conflict
There is a conflict surrounding the future of the Point. Agnes and Polly want it donated to a Land Trust, but Archie, his wife, and James are against donating because they want the Point to be sold.
Climax
Agnes opens up about her past and tells Polly all her secrets.
Foreshadowing
The conflict about the Point is foreshadowed by Archie's wife's greediness.
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
The story alludes to the movement of environmental conservation and climate change.
Imagery
The description of Rittenhouse paints a clear picture of the environment where Agnes lives.
Paradox
The main irony is that Archie decides to overlook the objective of the Point when he decides to have it sold.
Parallelism
There is a parallelism between Agnes's conclusion to donate the Point and her interest in environmental conservation.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The ecosystem is personified when the author says it gives life.
