Theme The atmosphere that pervades Judy felt nervous as the a literary work with the mall police continued to intention of evoking a certain question her. Around her, emotion or feeling from the everything suddenly readers. became fuzzy and She felt helpless, alone, and experienced a disturbing sense of floating. Protagonist: The moral or message of a Judy now realizes that false A main story. accusations occur, and she character or decides to forgive the mall of a police. “hero” story. Antagonist: A main character or of Judy realized after her “hero” Usually the a story. arrest” that not “false character who everyone is bad; she opposes the remained an honest and protagonist. law-abiding person. Magic Usually the character who The mall police officer who Realism: opposes the protagonist. questioned Judy was unfair A narrative and assumptive. technique that blurs the distinction between fantasy and reality. Episodic Book: A narrative technique that After being freed, Judy saw A book with blurs the distinction between herself rising into the air related fantasy and reality. and landing upon a cloud of incidents and relief. characters.
Theme The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the readers. Judy felt nervous as the mall police continued to question her. Around her, everything suddenly became fuzzy and She felt helpless, alone, and experienced a disturbing sense of floating. Protagonist: A main character or “hero” of a story. The moral or message of a story. Judy now realizes that false accusations occur, and she decides to forgive the mall police. Antagonist: Usually the character who opposes the protagonist. A main character or “hero” of a story. Judy realized after her “false arrest” that not everyone is bad; she remained an honest and law-abiding person. Magic Realism: A narrative technique that blurs the distinction between fantasy and reality. Usually the character who opposes the protagonist. The mall police officer who questioned Judy was unfair and assumptive. Episodic Book: A book with related incidents and characters. A narrative technique that blurs the distinction between fantasy and reality. After being freed, Judy saw herself rising into the air and landing upon a cloud of relief.