Genre
Childrens book
Setting and Context
School, present time
Narrator and Point of View
Jemmy; Gemstone Opal Stott
Tone and Mood
New and adventurous
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist: Jemmy, Antagonist: Her father and worldview
Major Conflict
Jemmy has to quit school to help raise her younger siblings.
Climax
Jemmy is caught in a snowstorm.
Foreshadowing
Jemmy's name Gemstone is a foreshadowing of the greatness she will accomplish.
Understatement
The importance of the snowstorm in understated, as it changes Jemmy's life.
Allusions
The reader might have allusions to other stories of mixed heritage.
Imagery
The image of Jemmy being a model and a muse is important, as it opens her view of the world.
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
There is a parallel line between Jemmy and her heritage, as it is incredibly important.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The snow storm Jemmy is caught in is personified, as it saves her and thus gains seemingly human abilities.
