Genre
Fictional novel
Setting and Context
The novel is set in the city of Seattle.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Disheartening, sad, pessimistic
Protagonist and Antagonist
The main character is John Smith
Major Conflict
The main conflict is that John Smith suffers from an identity crisis because he struggles to understand who he is despite getting the best treatment from his adoptive white parents.
Climax
The climax is when John Smith becomes a serial killer and believes that by murdering white people, he will get to know his roots in Native America.
Foreshadowing
His identity confusion foreshadows the protagonist's decision to be a serial killer.
Understatement
Killings in the book are understated. John Smith targets white victims, and he thinks that by killing them, he is getting justice for the Native Americans.
Allusions
The story alludes to the identity crisis and its negative effects on society.
Imagery
The imagery of murder and serial killers manifests itself throughout the text. The reader concludes that the spirit of killing in John Smith manifests the hatred that the Native Indians have towards the whites.
Paradox
John Smith is a sarcastic character. Despite living with a white family that treats him as their own, he turns out to hate the same whites, arguing that they are evil.
Parallelism
The hatred for the whites by the natives parallels the Europeans assumptions about the serial killers.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
Serial killing is a metonymy for hatred and revenge.
Personification
N/A
