Genre
Non-fiction
Setting and Context
House setting
Narrator and Point of View
Marie Kondo is the first-person narrator.
Tone and Mood
Motivational, persuasive, and captivating
Protagonist and Antagonist
The reader is the protagonist. Clutter is the antagonist.
Major Conflict
The systematic elimination of clutter from the house.
Climax
Impressive transformation of the home once the clutter has been eliminated permanently.
Foreshadowing
Kondo assures the readers that once they reset their life, then they would experience orderliness and flow.
Understatement
Kondo understates the menace of clutter to encourage readers to start clearing out the clutter in their lives.
Allusions
Kondo alludes to “the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing.”
Imagery
Application of the KonMari method results in orderliness and neatness in a home. The method guides one towards managing space well and keeping messiness at bay.
Paradox
The KonMari method is paradoxical because it “contradicts conventional wisdom.” Nevertheless, it enables individuals to solve the problem of clutter efficiently.
Parallelism
The key points in each subsection within the book are in bold.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
Komono: A Japanese term for sundry items.
Personification
Tidying is personified: “Tidying never lies.”
