Genre
Speculative Fiction
Setting and Context
South Africa; Apartheid era in the near future
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person omniscient
Tone and Mood
Slow suspense and sustained anticipation
Protagonist and Antagonist
Maureen, Bam, and July are the protagonists
Major Conflict
The inner conflict of Maureen Smales, as well as the interpersonal conflict between Maureen and July
Climax
The arrival of the helicopter
Foreshadowing
N/A
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
N/A
Imagery
N/A
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
N/A
