Revolution in Our Time Literary Elements

Revolution in Our Time Literary Elements

Genre

American History, Political History

Setting and Context

Late 1960s in America during the rise of the Black Panther Movement

Narrator and Point of View

The point of view is threefold; the Black Panther leadership, the government and the American people as a whole.

Tone and Mood

Combative, secretive, threatening, hopeful

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonists are the Black Panther Movement, antagonist is the structure of society as a whole

Major Conflict

There is conflict between the Black Panther movement and the government when it appears that the Movement is indoctrinating young people into Communism.

Climax

There is no real climax in the book, but a series of climactic moments, for example, when armed protesters attend a rally and violence ensues.

Foreshadowing

The arming of supporters foreshadows the violent turn that the protests begin to make.

Understatement

N/A

Allusions

As it is a non-fiction book there is no actual allusion although the issues of the time that do not pertain specifically to the Black Power Movement are alluded to, such as the Cold War and America's relationship with the Cuban dictatorship.

Imagery

The images of the movement are very powerful, but the most enduring is the raised gloved fist .

Paradox

The leadership of the Black Panther Movement claims to want peaceful protest yet arms its protest leaders and participants.

Parallelism

There is a parallel between the appearance of supporting Communisim and the heightened threat of the Black Panthers perceived by the American government.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

The Black Panther Movement is used when it is actually the very top tier of its leadership that is being referred to.

Personification

N/A

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