Genre
Fantasy fiction
Setting and Context
Set in 1983 in New York
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Cheerful, puzzling, and animated
Protagonist and Antagonist
Nita is the central character in the novel, and the antagonists are the bullies.
Major Conflict
There is a major conflict between Nita and her classmates. Nita hates her classmates because they bully her and sometimes physically beat her. Nita decides to be a wizard to get magical powers to deal with her enemies.
Climax
The climax comes when Nita wakes up to find that she has magical powers. After reading the book on how to become a wizard, she follows the instruction to become one. Now, Nita can talk with all creatures and successfully repel anybody who bullies her.
Foreshadowing
Nita’s desire to revenge against her bullies foreshadows her conversion into a wizard.
Understatement
Nita’s classmates underestimate her ability to revenge. However, when she becomes a wizard, she thwarts them.
Allusions
N/A
Imagery
The author uses the sense of sight to describe the magical world. When Nita and other senior wizards travel into the alternate world, they see two books, one for light and the other for darkness. Nita also sees a dark creature fighting to cover the light with darkness. The imagery is significant because it shows that the magical world is full of opposing powers.
Paradox
The main paradox is that Nita’s classmates are shocked to see a girl they used to beat up physically is now terrorizing them.
Parallelism
There is a parallelism between Nita’s decision to read the book and her ambition to become a wizard.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Trees are personified. For instance, trees converse with Nita and tell her of the presence of a fellow wizard nearby.
