Genre
[Short fiction
Setting and Context
Post-colonial Kenya, Kisumu, Nairobi
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrator
Tone and Mood
Critical, sympathetic, humorous, & suspicious.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Nyamgodho is the protagonist in “The Fisherman.” Taplalai is the antagonist in “The Other Woman.”
Major Conflict
Infidelity is the foremost conflict in “The Other Woman.”
Climax
Jedidah catching her husband red-handed while he is being intimate with Taplalai.
Foreshadowing
The fishing of Wagai, in "The Fisherman", is a foreshadow of the change of the Fisherman's life and situation of poverty.
Understatement
Childless women's worth is understated.
Allusions
Allusion to ecocriticism in "The Fisherman."And allusion to Luo culture.
Imagery
Awino’s childlessness in “Pay Day” depicts the Luo tradition’s overemphasis on child-bearing.
Paradox
Wagai’s return to the lake is paradoxical, considering that humans do not reside in water. ( “The Fisherman).
Parallelism
Anna and Jedidah’s physical appearances are paralleled.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
Mzungu denotes a European.
Panga-Machete
Personification
Wanga is a personification of fortune. (“The Fisherman”).
