The Electric State Literary Elements

Science fiction

Set in 1997 on the California coast

Third-person narrative.

Horrific, sanguine, melancholic, and informative.

The protagonist is Michelle, a runaway teenager traversing the dystopian United States with her kid robot. The antagonist is Walter, an inexplicable figure organizing crimes.

There is a conflict between the young girl's foster parents and the virtual reality helmet, which converts them into a clumsy horde to use their brains to make huge technological individuals. The people whose minds are converted into huge technological beings do not give their consent.

The climax comes when the young girl intelligently maneuvers with her robot to the edge of the weird landscape. The young girl now comprehends the devastating effects of war. The entire landscape reflects what the war is capable of.

Human addiction to narrowcasters foreshadows the formation of huge technological beings.

The ability of the kid robot is understated. However, as the young girl traverses the landscape, she realizes that her kid robot is intelligent, and he notifies her of any possible danger.

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The images of the creepy giant drones entwined with hanging cables in the haunting landscape depict a sense of sight to readers. The images in the landscape depict the sense of sight to readers. The imagery is significant because it represents the hurdles the young girl has to navigate to achieve her intended objective.

The main paradox is that the young girl's mother neglects her parental duties to become a drug addict, forcing the young girl to be cared for by her foster parents. The other paradox that comes into sight is when the foster parents give in slowly to the trendy obsession of narrowcasters that eventually destroys their lives.

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The mountainous technology is used as a metonymy for obstacles.

The yellow kid robot is personified as a human because it works closely with the young girl. The robot behaves like a child and is intelligent, making it more human.