Genre
Stand-Alone Young Adult Novel (Fiction)
Setting and Context
Written in the context of bullying
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is somber, and the mood is captivating.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Chase Ambrose and Brendan Spinoza are the main protagonists in the story.
Major Conflict
The main conflict is that Chase Ambrose suffers from amnesia, but he is the lead bully in his school.
Climax
The climax is when Ambrose realizes his mistakes and starts reinventing his life to make peace with old friends he bullied and humiliated in the past.
Foreshadowing
N/A
Understatement
Chase's amnesia is understated in the story. The reader realizes that what Chase needs after suffering from amnesia is love. Unfortunately, his father ignored him, and he turned his anger to bullying fellow children to confirm his ego.
Allusions
The story alludes to factors that contribute to bullying in schools.
Imagery
The images of Aaron and Bear spraying fire extinguisher foam to distrust the YouTube video presentation depict sight imagery.
Paradox
The main paradox is that Shoshanna and Chase become very close friends despite their initial enmity.
Parallelism
There is parallelism between Chase’s initial bullying traits and his former friends who intimidate Brendan.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Bullying is incarnated as futile
