Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Literary Elements

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Literary Elements

Genre

Young adult, comedy, coming of age novel

Setting and Context

Benson high school, college explanation

Narrator and Point of View

Greg Gaines

Tone and Mood

Funny, sad, depressing

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist: Rachel, Earl and Greg; Antagonist: Leukemia

Major Conflict

Rachel is diagnosed with Leukemia.

Climax

Rachel dies from Leukemia.

Foreshadowing

When Rachel is diagnosed with Leukemia, the presence of the disease can be seen as simultaneously foreshadowing her death.

Understatement

The beauty of Rachel's attractive friend, Leah, is an understatement since it made Rachel and Greg friends.

Allusions

N/A

Imagery

The image of Rachel living is an important image, as that was the part she was trying hard to focus on, instead of her upcoming death.

Paradox

You should count the seconds you have left to live.

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

Metonymy: The dying girl

Personification

N/A

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