Genre
Fantasy fiction novel
Setting and Context
Set in 1986 in the fictional kingdom of Fionavar.
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
The tone is jaded, and the mood is edgy.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Professor Lorenzo Marcus.
Major Conflict
There is a conflict between the High King Ailell and the evil gods and goddesses that have lived under the mountains for centuries.
Climax
The climax comes when the five university students in Fionavar discover their destinies.
Foreshadowing
His ability to know the price of power foreshadows Paul's endurance.
Understatement
Kimberly and her fellow students underestimated the dangers of the Fionavar Kingdom when they started their journey.
Allusions
N/A
Imagery
N/A
Paradox
The main paradox is that the university students head to celebrate King Ailell's 50th anniversary but are welcomed by the supremacy wars between the gods and goddesses.
Parallelism
There is a parallelism between the students’ decision to travel to Fionavar and the discovery of their destinies.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The summer tree is used as a metonymy for life.
Personification
The gods and goddesses are personified when the author says they compete with King King Ailell for power.
