Genre
Fiction
Setting and Context
The story starts in Canada and then ends in America.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-Person Narrative
Tone and Mood
Intriguing, hurtful, buoyant, sad
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is Judy.
Major Conflict
The main conflict is that Judy is childless, lonely and abhorrent towards Protestants. Judy lives a meaningless life.
Climax
The climax comes when Judy finally settles down with Madden in New York, where they start business and life as a couple.
Foreshadowing
Judy’s loneliness and hatred towards Protestants foreshadowed her meaningless life.
Understatement
Catholicism is understated in this text. For instance, there is no evidence anywhere that Catholics are hateful towards Protestants. Both Catholics and Protestants are Christians, and they should love each other.
Allusions
The story alludes to the impact of hatred and loneliness.
Imagery
The imagery of Catholic churches in Ireland helps readers to see the Christian life of Judy. Judy is brought under strict catholic doctrines, and this makes her hate Protestants.
Paradox
The satire of faith is evident in the text. Judy is religious and hopeful, but she ends up lonely and childless.
Parallelism
Christian beliefs and reality are parallel to each other.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Whisky is incarnated as having the ability to control the actions, Judy.
