Genre
Law thriller
Setting and Context
Washington D.C. in the present day
Narrator and Point of View
An unnamed, third-person omniscient narrator.
Tone and Mood
The tone is tense and thrilling; the mood is uneasy.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Brock is the protagonist; 'Mister' is the antagonist.
Major Conflict
The major conflict of the novel occurs when 'Mister' takes several lawyers hostage in a law firm before being shot by the police.
Climax
The climax of the story is reached when Brock discovers that Mister was homeless and that the law firm evicted him from his house.
Foreshadowing
The kidnapping of the lawyers is foreshadowed by the fact that they destroyed the homeless man's life.
Understatement
The role that financial stability plays in our lives is understated throughout the novel.
Allusions
The story alludes to the exciting mystery behind each individual's actions.
Imagery
The imagery of the tense chase that Brock pursues is present in the novel.
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
There is a parallel between the injustice that Brock feels and his devotion to uncover the truth.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The destroyed house is a metonym for the ruined life of the homeless man.
Personification
N/A
