Genre
Novel
Setting and Context
Written in the context of African American revolution
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Informative and optimistic
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Malcolm X.
Major Conflict
There is a conflict between capitalism and realism because the people benefiting from a capitalistic economy are the elite few.
Climax
The climax comes when there is a successful African American revolution led by leaders such as Marcus Garvey, Dubois, and Martin Luther King Jr., among others.
Foreshadowing
The influence of his mother foreshadows Kelley's critical thinking of the worldview during his early days.
Understatement
The suppression of capitalism is understated.
Allusions
The story alludes to African American revolution, which aimed at the liberation of black people.
Imagery
The description of the radical activities of black feminists depicts sight imagery. The author writes, ‘Radical black feminists not only struggled against race, class, and gender oppression but also critically analyzed the racial ideologies underlying patriarchy and challenged mainstream feminist conceptions of woman as a universal category.”
Paradox
The main paradox is that the death of Malcolm X acted as a catalyst for the black nationalist movement in the USA.
Parallelism
There is parallelism between the aspirations of black civil rights activists and the sudden assassination of Malcolm X.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
N/A
