Understanding Media Literary Elements

Understanding Media Literary Elements

Genre

Non-fiction

Setting and Context

Set in 1960 in the context of critical theory.

Narrator and Point of View

First-person narrative

Tone and Mood

Indignant, ill-fated, despondent

Protagonist and Antagonist

Adolf Hitler is depicted as the protagonist of the story.

Major Conflict

The major conflict is when the media becomes invisible and fails to condemn Adolf’s madness and lunacy. The media had the biggest chance of curtailing Adolf’s actions for the betterment of the nation.

Climax

The climax is attained when the author argues that ‘The medium is the message’ to mean that media wins through authentic content. Consequently, media has the power to restore order by providing vivid information.

Foreshadowing

The inherent meaning of media shadows media freedom.

Understatement

The power of media is understated. The media's role is to convey information and educate and empower people to defend their rights.

Allusions

The story alludes to the meaning of media and its roles in society.

Imagery

The mentioning of the electric light by the author concerning media depicts sight imagery. The author writes, “The electric light escapes attention as a communication medium just because it has no `content.” The imagery uncovers why some people are reluctant on studying media.

Paradox

The paradox is that the author equates content to mediums of transmitting the message. The reader comprehends that the message is conveyed through the media. However, the author's conclusion that content itself is a medium remains satirical.

Parallelism

Content and media are paralleled as having a similar purpose.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

Media is personified as a powerful mediator.

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