Stamped from the Beginning Literary Elements

Stamped from the Beginning Literary Elements

Genre

Non-Fiction

Setting and Context

the United States of America, from its inception to the present day

Narrator and Point of View

From Kendi's point of view

Tone and Mood

Violent, Solemn, Mysterious, Sad, Historical, Energetic, and Intense

Protagonist and Antagonist

There is no clear protagonist/antagonist structure in the book. However, racists and racist policies are portrayed in an antagonistic light.

Major Conflict

Thought this is a non-fiction book, it paints a very clear conflict between racists and anti-racists and assimilationists and segregationists.

Climax

This is a non-fiction book and has no climax.

Foreshadowing

This is a non-fiction book that does not utilize foreshadowing.

Understatement

The complicity of many government officials in allowing for racism to continue is understated in sections of the book.

Allusions

To the history and geography of the United States, popular culture,

Imagery

Kendi uses intense and violent imagery to underscore the evilness of racism.

Paradox

Many people claim that they live in a post-race society in which race doesn't matter. However, some are racists themselves.

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

Suits = government officials

Personification

The United States is personified throughout the book.

Update this section!

You can help us out by revising, improving and updating this section.

Update this section

After you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. An editor will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback.

Cite this page