Genre
Science fiction
Setting and Context
The Moon, at an unspecified future date
Narrator and Point of View
An unnamed, third-person omniscient narrator.
Tone and Mood
The tone is futuristic and bizarre; the mood is powerful and tense.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Dinah is the protagonist; Langobard is the antagonist.
Major Conflict
The major conflict of the novel occurs when an unidentified weapon shatters the Moon into exactly seven pieces.
Climax
The climax of the story is reached when the expedition that Sean lead returned to the ISS after it successfully completed its mission objectives.
Foreshadowing
The mass death of the population of Endurance is foreshadowed by the fact that there were limited initial resources.
Understatement
The fine balance between playing God and being a leader is understated throughout the novel.
Allusions
The story alludes to the future impacts of our society if we continue as we are now.
Imagery
The imagery of the mysterious and vast space life is present in the novel.
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
There is a parallel between Doc's strong beliefs in self-preservation and the survival of the crew members.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The incoming asteroid acts as a metonym for the dying people onboard the ISS.
Personification
N/A
