The Friends Literary Elements

The Friends Literary Elements

Genre

Novel

Setting and Context

Set in the West Indies and New York in the context of new world adaptation

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person narrative

Tone and Mood

The tone is regretful, and the mood is melancholic.

Protagonist and Antagonist

The central character is Phyllisia Cathy.

Major Conflict

There is a conflict between Phyllisia and the new world because she constantly faces discrimination and bullying.

Climax

The climax comes towards the end when Calvin Cathy makes peace with his daughters.

Foreshadowing

Calvin's difficult parenting foreshadows Phyllisia's instability to form stable relationships with her friends.

Understatement

The significance of friendship is understated.

Allusions

The story alludes to the challenges of adapting to a new culture and the difficulties of proper parenting.

Imagery

The imagery of discrimination and bullying shows the challenges of adapting to the new culture.

Paradox

Phyllisia is a paradoxical character. After getting a friend who understands her, she looks down upon her because she comes from a low-income family.

Parallelism

There is parallelism between Phyllisia’s lack of attention towards Edith and her father’s negligence.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

N/A

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