Genre
Children's story
Setting and Context
The jungle
Narrator and Point of View
3rd person narrator.
Tone and Mood
Humorous tone.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is Horton and the antagonist is the Kwuggerbug.
Major Conflict
The conflict is whether Horton and the Kwuggerbug can reach the beezlenuts.
Climax
The climax of the story is when Horton blows the bug away with his sneeze.
Foreshadowing
The Kwuggerbug's manipulative behavior is foreshadowed by his cruelty towards Horton.
Understatement
Horton understates how hard the journey will be.
Allusions
Horton is also present in Dr. Seuss' other stories and is therefore an allusion to them.
Imagery
Imagery is used to describe Horton's difficult climb up the mountain.
Paradox
Horton does all the work, but the Kwuggerbug wants to have the reward to himself.
Parallelism
Horton and the Kwuggerbug are paralleled and contrasted.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
N/A
