Human, All Too Human Literary Elements

Human, All Too Human Literary Elements

Genre

Philosophical book

Setting and Context

Written in the context of metaphysics

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person narrative

Tone and Mood

Inspiring, enlightening, informative, fascinating

Protagonist and Antagonist

The woman is the protagonist of the story.

Major Conflict

The conflict is in the first section of the book in which human beings are not contented concerning the issues of language and expression.

Climax

The climax comes when the author concludes that artistic geniuses do not divinely inspire great art and success. Still, it is a result of hard work, commitment and determination.

Foreshadowing

An assumption of inspiration foreshadows failure.

Understatement

The impact of hard work is understated in the text. The reader realizes that effort and commitment should be applied in equal measures for one to succeed.

Allusions

The story alludes to the discretion of assumptions that determine human success.

Imagery

The images of metaphysics, morality and human nature depict the sense of sight to readers to aid readers to see and differentiate metaphysics and reality. The images of morality and human nature helps readers to see humans as advanced animals possessed with power and moral codes.

Paradox

The main paradox is when the narrator praises Pilate's skepticism about Jesus. There is no way Pilate could have been a true hero of Christianity and ended up giving Christ to be crucified.

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

Aphorisms are used as a metonymy for cultural assumptions about gender.

Personification

N/A

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