Genre
Science-fiction
Setting and Context
Written in the context of space exploration and romance
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Romantic, sanguine and daring
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central characters are Carys and Max
Major Conflict
The main conflict is that Carys and Max’s oxygen supply is the spacecraft is about to be depleted and they have about 90 minutes left to live before they die because their oxygen supply is running out.
Climax
The climax comes in the future when the Grand Central Hall upholds the legislation of the current utopia.
Foreshadowing
The desire to prove wrong the laws governing earth inspires Max and Cary’s to fight their way out of space.
Understatement
The power of intimate love is understated.
Allusions
The story alludes to the power of imagination.
Imagery
The description of space where Cary’s and Max are trapped in their spacecraft depicts sight imagery.
Paradox
The main paradox is that Carys and Max are below the age of thirty and already in love which goes against the Europia rules governing relationships.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The stars are personified as empathetic.
