Genre
fantasy
Setting and Context
a fictional world built on the idea of a wheel turning separating different ages in past and present, places called Illian, Tar Valon, Tear
Narrator and Point of View
Narrator: omniscient;
Point of view: third person.
Tone and Mood
Adventurous, nightmarish
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist: Rand al'Thor who was declared the Dragon Reborn after his fight with the Dark One; Antagonist: the Dark One, Black Ajah
Major Conflict
Rand al'Thor, recently declared the Dragon Reborn, is having trouble coping with the newfound identity and ability to wield the One Power. He suddenly disappears from the camp where he was under Moiraine's watchful eye and sets off to the Stone of Tear.
Climax
A climactic battle between the Dark One and Rand wielding Callandor at the Stone of Tear ensues, together with the Aielmen who came to aid Rand.
Foreshadowing
"The land seemed to be waiting. Waiting for something to burst."
Perrin's observation at the very beginning, foreshadowing the oncoming battle.
Understatement
"It was not that he seemed merely capable of violence and death; this man had tamed violence and death and kept them in his pocket, ready to be loosed in a heartbeat, or embraced, should Moiraine give the word."
Allusions
N/A
Imagery
Imagery of Tear as a poor and filthy city ridden with despair.
Paradox
"And the shinning sword is Callandor, the Sword That Is Not a Sword, the Sword That Cannot Be Touched."
Parallelism
"Rand running. Running toward something, but running away from something, too."
Metonymy and Synecdoche
"Your own words will free me of you, Amyrlin."
Personification
"Silence filled the shadows, yet something called to him."
