Genre
Collection of short stories
Setting and Context
Written in the context of moral dilemmas
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is ardent, and the mood is inexplicable.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is an unidentified man referred to as 'The Mime.'
Major Conflict
There is a conflict between the New World Order and criminality in the story ‘The Fat Man in History.’
Climax
The climax is in the story ‘The Last Days of Famous Mime’ when he turns up on an Italian jet to stir fright through pantomime.
Foreshadowing
The implementation of the Genetic Lottery in the story ‘The Chance’ is foreshadowed by the arrival of the Fastalogians.
Understatement
The task involved in real marketing is understated in the story ‘War Crimes.’
Allusions
The story 'Windmill in the West' alludes to the challenges soldier guards go through while on duty.
Imagery
Confinement images are predominant throughout the stories, and they depict the sense of sight to readers.
Paradox
The main paradox is in the story 'The Fat Man in History,' where the government is more scared of obesity than crime.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The rocks are incarnated as members of society in the story ‘Do You Love Me.’
