The Sun Is Also a Star Literary Elements

Fiction, Romance

The novel is set in America, at a time when Natasha's family is being deported to Jamaica.

The narrator is in the third person who is sympathetic towards the plight of Natasha's family since they are facing deportation to Jamaica.

The novel has a sympathetic tone as the narrator feels for Natasha's family whereas the mood is bittersweet since even as Natasha is being deported, she is also falling in love with Daniel on the same day.

The protagonists are Natasha and her family who are fighting deportation while the antagonist is the system that is deporting her without considering how her life will be negatively affected.

The major conflict is Natasha and her family's deportation which was set to happen in a few hours time. Natasha spent that time finding a lawyer to represent them.

This happens when Natasha is deported with her family besides her best efforts to help with the situation.

When Daniel was leaving his house that morning, he promised himself to do something unusual. This was a foreshadowing of the day because he met Natasha and went out with her even though she was of a different race and this was against the norm.

Daniel's words that morning that the reversal of fortune was not good for either him or Charlie was an understatement. This is because it was catastrophic. His brother was bullying him all the time and had been kicked out of school.

The narrator has used literary allusion where Daniel asks Natasha whether she would turn into a pumpkin when the hour passed. He therefore alluded to the story of Cinderella.

Daniel's description of Natasha contains imagery. It is a s follows, 'Back across the street, people are making their way around a girl who is swaying slightly. She’s black with an enormous, curly Afro and almost-as-enormous pink headphones. The headphones are the kind that have giant ear pads for blocking out sound (also, the rest of the world). Her eyes are closed and she has one hand over her heart. She’s completely blissed out. The whole thing lasts about five seconds before... 'The description contains imagery because Daniel used adjectives such as enormous to describe Natasha's headphones.

Daniel claimed that he was pissed at his brother Charlie and pissed for him. This is a paradox because usually, one event happens without the other.

The narrator has drawn a deliberate parallel between the lives of Daniel's family who are in America legally and Natasha's family who are undocumented. Natasha's family has to face deportation while Daniel's family has nothing to worry about .

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