Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee Literary Elements

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee Literary Elements

Genre

Fiction

Setting and Context

England, 20th Century

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person omniscient narrator

Tone and Mood

Amusing, uncertain, and hectic

Protagonist and Antagonist

There are three protagonists (Sunita, Chila and Tania). The antagonist is a non-person (oppressive and tedious cultural expectations of women).

Major Conflict

Sunita, Chila and Tania attaining fulfilled lives in an environment where cultural expectations and personal priorities are antagonistic.

Climax

Sunita’s climax occurs when she becomes a mother. Tania’s climax occurs when she relocates to pursue career success. Chila experiences an anti-climax on her wedding day.

Foreshadowing

Chila Foreshadows that her marital life will not be blissful.

Understatement

The title understates the joys and contentment that one would anticipate to find in life.

Allusions

Allusion to psychology, such as the introspection that Sunita engages in.

Imagery

Marriage, as seen in the life of Sunita, cannot independently fulfil a woman.

Paradox

Pursuance of happiness leaves the three characters unfulfilled. Sunita is overwhelmed because of familial obligations. Tania, with her success in her career, feels empty and unfilled. Chila finds a partner, but he does not fulfil her emotionally; her life is utterly empty.

Parallelism

The lives of the three characters, their achievements and their struggles are compared and contrasted throughout the novel.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

‘Operating tables’ denote a career in medicine and surgery.

Personification

N/A

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