"Tears of Autumn" and Other Stories Literary Elements

"Tears of Autumn" and Other Stories Literary Elements

Genre

Historical Fiction

Setting and Context

19th Century, America

Narrator and Point of View

The narrator is a third person omniscient.

Tone and Mood

Tragic, Anxious, Hopeless

Protagonist and Antagonist

In the story of The picture Bride Hana Omiya is the protagonist, and in The Bracelet protagonist is Ruri. United States government during World War II has played the role of Antagonist in both stories.

Major Conflict

In The Picture Bride, Hana's major conflict is to travel all the way to San Francisco from Japan to meet her future groom she never met.

Climax

Hana gets disappointed after meeting her future husband because he looks way too older than the picture his parents sent to her.

Foreshadowing

In The Bracelet, Ruri's Asian identity foreshadows her becoming a victim of the American-Japanese war.

Understatement

In The Bracelet, Ruri thinks that the life of the concentration camp will not be so bad, but after seeing the filthy barracks and losing her bracelet, she can't help but feel sad.

Allusions

The stories allude to the American-Japanese war during World War Two. Several memoirs of the American-Japanese writers based on the timeline of World War Two

Imagery

In The Bracelet, Ruri's best friend Laurie gave her a gold bracelet with a heart charm for a parting gift.

Paradox

N/A

Parallelism

There's a parallel between the characters of Ruri and Hana Omiya. They both want acceptance from the country in which they have been living.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

Ruri's gold bracelet is a medium for her to remember her best friend.

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