Genre
A short story
Setting and Context
The actions take place in some southern states of the United States, near the Mexican town Marquez; the time is not mentioned
Narrator and Point of View
It is first-person narration; the narrator is a woman who has been kidnapped by a man and spent three days and two nights with him
Tone and Mood
The tone and mood is calm, and despite the fact that is goes about kidnapping, there are no notes on danger or any other negative consequences
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is the woman; Silva is an antagonist
Major Conflict
The main conflict is of existence of mountain spirits, and whether immemorial legends might be true
Climax
The climx occurs when the woman finds her village
Foreshadowing
The woman has been kidnapped, but the stranger’s good attitude foreshadows that he would not do her any harm
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
The story alludes to Indian American people - Navajos
Imagery
The imagery is used in nature descriptions
Paradox
Paradoxical is the existance of spirits who kidnap women in the mountains
Parallelism
“The vast spread of mesas and valleys and plains”
Metonymy and Synecdoche
“The last thing he did before we started down the steep trail was to grab the 30-30 from the corner (30-30 is a metonymy for “rifle”)
Personification
“The wind came up and pushed warm air past me”
