Genre
Children’s fictional book
Setting and Context
The book is written in the context of the challenges of old age.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Apprehensive, revealing, enlightening
Protagonist and Antagonist
The Old Man is the protagonist of the book.
Major Conflict
The major conflict comes when the Old Man experiences long queues at the clinic after seeing the doctor, he is asked too many questions. Similarly, the Old Man undergoes several critical medical tests.
Climax
The climax comes when the Old Man comes out of Golden Years Clinic after successfully being examined and given the pills to restore his health.
Foreshadowing
The next flip of the magazine's page foreshadows the health complications that are accompanied by old age.
Understatement
Old age is understated. The author shows that old age is complex because of susceptibility to diseases. However, even though one gets old once, living a healthy life is possible.
Allusions
The story alludes to health complications that accompany aging.
Imagery
The Old Man's hospital experience depicts sight imagery because the reader can see that medical facilities are keen on the number of people they treat. Still, they do not offer personal health experience. When the Old Man gets to the clinic, he queues and later attends, but the doctors do not explain to him anything about his condition. After finishing the paperwork, the Old Man is givens pills and asked to go home.
Paradox
The major paradox is that the cost of medical tests for the elderly keeps on inflating. Consequently, growing old comes with a high cost.
Parallelism
The Old Man’s experience in the clinic parallels reality because health facilities are after generating profits at the expense of the patients.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Poor health is incarnated as a monster waiting to attack people as they age.
