Strange Pilgrims Literary Elements

Strange Pilgrims Literary Elements

Genre

Short stories

Setting and Context

Colombia during an unknown historic time period

Narrator and Point of View

An unnamed, third-person omniscient narrator tells each short story.

Tone and Mood

The tone is overwhelming; the mood is dramatic and powerful.

Protagonist and Antagonist

Margarito is the protagonist; Garcia is the antagonist.

Major Conflict

The major conflict of the book occurs when Margarito travels all the way to Rome from Colombia to begin the lengthy process of making his dead daughter be considered as a saint.

Climax

The climax of the story is reached when Garcia falls in love in an airport in Paris with a woman he saw sleeping on a bench.

Foreshadowing

The fact that Margarito becomes a saint in the eyes of the reader is foreshadowed by the fact that he doesn't stop in trying to get his daughter made into a saint.

Understatement

The importance of strong relationships is understated throughout the novel.

Allusions

The story alludes to the close proxemics we all have with our neighbors.

Imagery

The imagery of a hopeless father pleading with the Pope is present in the novel.

Paradox

The fact that his daughter never becomes a saint is an example of paradox in the story.

Parallelism

There is a parallel between Garcia's devotion to his Paris romance and Margarito's dedication to his dead daughter.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

N/A

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