Gender Queer Literary Elements

Gender Queer Literary Elements

Genre

Autobiographical novel

Setting and Context

Written in the context of Kobabe’s early life

Narrator and Point of View

First-person point of view

Tone and Mood

Enlightening, reflective, and confident

Protagonist and Antagonist

The central character is Maia Kobabe.

Major Conflict

There is a conflict between Maia's transition from childhood into adulthood and the lack of proper information about menstruation.

Climax

The climax comes when the narrator conducts sexual experiments to exploit her sexuality and identity.

Foreshadowing

Maia's confusion about her sexuality is foreshadowed by a lack of information about individuality and what to expect at maturity.

Understatement

Gender freedom is understated in the novel.

Allusions

The story alludes to sexuality and individual discovery.

Imagery

The description of Maia's self-discovery depicts sight imagery which helps readers see the challenges a girl goes through during self-discovery, especially when she starts seeing her periods for the first time.

Paradox

N/A

Parallelism

There is parallelism between sexuality and self-discovery.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

Menstruation is a synonymy for puberty.

Personification

N/A

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