The Stone Carvers Literary Elements

The Stone Carvers Literary Elements

Genre

Historical fiction

Setting and Context

Ontario in the 19th century

Narrator and Point of View

An unnamed, third-person omniscient narrator.

Tone and Mood

The tone is exciting; the mood is tense.

Protagonist and Antagonist

Joseph is the protagonist; Father Gsitr is the antagonist.

Major Conflict

The major conflict of the novel occurs when Joseph reflects on his life growing up in Ontario and the comparison with the lives of his grandchildren.

Climax

The climax of the story is reached when Tilman decides to leave the family home for good, after running away continuously.

Foreshadowing

The skills that Klara learns are foreshadowed by her patient mother.

Understatement

The role that our childhood plays in later life is understated throughout the novel.

Allusions

The story alludes to the differences between society before WW1 and after it.

Imagery

The imagery of rural Canada and its beautiful mountains is present in the novel.

Paradox

The fact that Becker tries to be close with his grandson, yet manages to push him away is an example of paradox in the story.

Parallelism

There is a parallel between the love that Klara has for Eamon and the sadness that she feels when he is missing in action in the war.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

N/A

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