The City of Mirrors Literary Elements

The City of Mirrors Literary Elements

Genre

Horror

Setting and Context

A near-future post-apocalyptic society

Narrator and Point of View

An unnamed, third-person omniscient narrator.

Tone and Mood

The tone is horrific; the mood is tense and uneasy.

Protagonist and Antagonist

Zero is the protagonist; Alicia's rapist is the antagonist.

Major Conflict

The major conflict of the novel occurs when Alicia was raped and her child was sadly stillborn, so she decides that she will hunt for Subject Zero.

Climax

The climax of the story is reached when all human civilization is completely destroyed by a mutated virus.

Foreshadowing

The election of Peter as president for the Republic of Texas is foreshadowed by his strong character.

Understatement

The impact of rape is understated throughout the novel.

Allusions

The story alludes to what society could be like if a virus was to take over the whole world.

Imagery

The imagery of a desolate, barren land is present in the novel.

Paradox

N/A

Parallelism

There is a parallel between Michael and Carter's need for survival.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

The burned stick is a metonym for the end of the human race.

Personification

N/A

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