Genre
Non-fiction
Setting and Context
The book is written in the context of scientific and mathematical discovery.
Narrator and Point of View
First-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is informative, and the mood is intriguing.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is Leibniz.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is when a man who has never attended any educational class becomes the pioneer of calculus integration celebrated by scholars in the contemporary world.
Climax
The climax is when Leibniz sees the world as a living organism, appreciating nature and concluding that each living organism has a right to live.
Foreshadowing
Religious faithfulness foreshadowed Leibniz's invisible scientific and mathematical abilities. Without being taught, Leibniz discovered calculus which is vital in science and mathematics in the modern world.
Understatement
Education is understated. For instance, the assumption that an individual must attend classes to become a critical thinker and inventor is misleading. Therefore, Leibniz has proved us wrong because his discoveries are not based on educational background.
Allusions
The story alludes to inborn abilities and capabilities.
Imagery
The sight imagery is used to enlighten readers to visualize how the narrator managed to develop his mathematical and scientific inventions. For instance, the reader visualizes how an uneducated man comes up with an invention that scholars can be proud of.
Paradox
The main paradox is that besides being a recognizable critical thinker and inventor, Leibniz also believes that time is a riddle.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
Metaphysical reality refers to the prophetic comprehension of the string theory.
Personification
N/A
