Turtles All the Way Down Literary Elements

Turtles All the Way Down Literary Elements

Genre

Novel

Setting and Context

Indianapolis, present day

Narrator and Point of View

Aza Holmes

Tone and Mood

Obsessive, exploring

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist: Aza Holmes, Antagonist: OCD

Major Conflict

Russell Pickett vanishes, and a big reward is put for the person that finds him. Aza and her friend head out to find him.

Climax

Aza and her friend is in a car accident while they argue.

Foreshadowing

Aza's OCD foreshadows the ending of the book, where Aza realizes that she can move on in her life.

Understatement

The main understatement in the book is Daisy's Star Wars fan fiction, as it causes them to have a car crash later in the book.

Allusions

The reader might have allusions to John Green’s other books, as many of the character have similarities.

Imagery

An important image in the book is Aza's OCD, as it is compulsive and the one thing she doesn't manage to control herself.

Paradox

N/A

Parallelism

Parallels are compared between Daisy and Aza, as they spend a lot of time together.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

There are several synecdoches in the book caused by Aza's OCD

Personification

Aza's OCD has been personified, as though it is someone that wants to keep her on a leash.

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