Ghost

Ghost Literary Elements

Genre

Young Adult Fiction

Setting and Context

The novel is set in an unnamed American city with a rich and a poor side of town.

Narrator and Point of View

Castle narrates the novel in the first person; the point of view stays with Castle.

Tone and Mood

The tone is casual; the mood oscillates between anxious and triumphant.

Protagonist and Antagonist

The protagonist is Castle “Ghost” Cranshaw; antagonists include Castle's father, Castle's mother, Brandon Simmons, Coach Brody, and Lu.

Major Conflict

The major conflict is that Castle must overcome his tendency to misbehave and underperform at school if he wants to continue training as a member of a track team.

Climax

The novel reaches its climax when Coach Brody reveals that he knows Castle stole his running shoes from Everything Sports.

Foreshadowing

Understatement

Allusions

Reynolds makes several references to Usain Bolt, a Jamaican sprinter who in 2016 became the first athlete to win Olympic gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter races three times over.

Imagery

Paradox

Parallelism

Metonymy and Synecdoche

Personification

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