Genre
Non-fiction
Setting and Context
Throughout history, though primarily during WWII and the present day
Narrator and Point of View
Through a third-person point of view (the point of view of the authors, both of whom believe in the Holocaust)
Tone and Mood
Sad, Violent, Solemn, and Historical
Protagonist and Antagonist
There is no clear protagonist; however, those who perpetrated the Holocaust and those who deny the Holocaust ever happened are the books antagonists
Major Conflict
The conflict between those who believe in the Holocaust (most people) and those who do not.
Climax
N/A
Foreshadowing
N/A
Understatement
The sheer ignorance and stupidity of Holocaust deniers is understated throughout much of the book.
Allusions
To history (of the Jewish people, WWII, and Nazi Germany, particularly), popular culture, and religion.
Imagery
Holocaust imagery (Auschwitz and other concentration camps, the Swastika, Hitler, other Nazi imagery, et. al), "Auschwitz-Lüge"
Paradox
Deniers know a lot about the Holocaust, yet still choose to deny it.
Parallelism
The Armenian Genocide and The Holocaust have a number of unmistakable parallels.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Auschwitz and other concentration camps are given evil, human-like qualities .
