Pastoralia Literary Elements

Pastoralia Literary Elements

Genre

Didactic story, ironic story

Setting and Context

The events in the story take place in Pastoralia park, the USA

Narrator and Point of View

First-person narration

Tone and Mood

In story prevails ironic tone, sometimes blue

Protagonist and Antagonist

The protagonist of the story is the narrator, the antagonist is his chief

Major Conflict

The major conflict stands in contradiction between people’s actions and their readiness to take responsibility for those actions

Climax

Climax happens when Janet got fired

Foreshadowing

The daily reports the narrator does for the executor foreshadow that the man is trying to find a juicy rumors in order to use it against his workers

Understatement

In the story the role of people as creators and rulers is understated

Allusions

The story alludes to problems of human relationships and treating of work

Imagery

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Paradox

The paradox of the story is that sometimes people have to do something they are afraid of in order to feel better

Parallelism

The story has parallels with historical period of ancient times and the range of moral and social issues

Metonymy and Synecdoche

The author uses metonymy and synecdoche to highlight the pitch of the utterance: “The words stung.”.

Personification

The author uses personification dramatizing the effect of the utterance: “see with the naked eye” “woods had sparkled with bright fall colors”.

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