The Children's Book Literary Elements

The Children's Book Literary Elements

Genre

Children's literature

Setting and Context

England from 1895 until the end of WW1

Narrator and Point of View

An unnamed, third-person omniscient narrator.

Tone and Mood

The tone is mysterious; the mood is tense.

Protagonist and Antagonist

Olive is the protagonist; war is the antagonist.

Major Conflict

The major conflict of the novel occurs when Olive begins to write her next children's book, in order to support her huge family.

Climax

The climax of the story is reached when Olive's own children are growing up and she has to deal with their struggles as they become adults.

Foreshadowing

The way Olive is able to cope is foreshadowed by the books that she has written.

Understatement

Family as a means of support is understated throughout the novel.

Allusions

The story alludes to the impact that the First World War had on everyday families.

Imagery

The imagery of the wonderful literary worlds Olive creates is present in the novel.

Paradox

The fact that Olive wants her children to grow up, yet wants them to stay with her is an example of paradox in the story.

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

The dinner table is a metonym for the love and arguments that they share.

Personification

N/A

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