Genre
Novel
Setting and Context
2004. The novel's setting is in Victoria, Australia and England and Bombay, where Lucy grows up. The novel is written in the
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person point of view. The narrator shares the life and experiences Lucy.
Tone and Mood
Violent, somber and indignant
Protagonist and Antagonist
Lucy is presented as the protagonist of the story.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is when Lucy refuses to tell Newton about her pregnancy. Lucy got pregnant while on her voyage to India when she had a non-committal affair with the captain. After arriving in India, she meets Isaac Newton and the two starts having a romantic relationship. However, when Newton discovers she is pregnant, she refuses to tell him the father of the child she is carrying.
Climax
The climax comes when Lucy gives birth, and Isaac Newton accepts the child to be named after him. The born child is given the name Ellen Newton.
Foreshadowing
Lucy's desire to take more photos of herself foreshadows her early death.
Understatement
The argument that Arthur was an organized man is an understatement. If he was an organized man, he could not have opted to take poison and kill himself. By killing himself, Arthur left his children orphaned.
Allusions
The rat poison is used to refer to untimely death. Arthur's cause of death is poisoning, and he could have lived for many years if he had opted not to kill himself.
Imagery
Darkness is largely mentioned in the book to depict imagery of sight.
Paradox
Lucy's ability to remain calm despite having heard the sad news about her mother is a paradox.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Death is personified as having the ability to bring suffering to the living.
