Genre
Fictional novel
Setting and Context
The novel is set in Tanzania told in the context of Doreen’s relationship life.
Narrator and Point of View
Doreen Seko is the narrator of the story.
Tone and Mood
The tone is reflective, and the mood is moving.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Doreen Seko is the protagonist of the story.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is contradictory societal expectations of wives in marriages with men. Doreen's first marriage with Martin fails terribly because their ideologies differ greatly.
Climax
The climax is when Doreen falls in love with Joseph, who teaches her the significance of self-love and the fight for women’s rights.
Foreshadowing
Martin’s appearance in the protagonist’s life foreshadowed her quest to fight for self-identity and purpose after their marriage collapsed.
Understatement
Traditional marriage is understated in the text. For instance, the protagonist’s marriage failed because she did not give birth to a male child.
Allusions
The story alludes to cultural expectations of women and the significance of the boy child.
Imagery
The imagery of poverty is prevalent in the text when her classmate shames the narrator. The images of poverty are all over the text, which depicts sight imagery.
Paradox
The main paradox is that Joseph is not culturally influenced to believe that a woman's role in society is to serve a man. Instead, Joseph does the contrary of loving a woman who does not have a boy child.
Parallelism
The main paradox is that Joseph is not culturally influenced to believe that a woman's role in society is to serve a man. Instead, Joseph does the contrary of loving a woman who does not have a boy child.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The umbrella is incarnated.
