1. The book is from the point of view from Alina. So, it is a first persons point of view. She is one of the main charchters in the book. She tell how and when everything happens.
1.1. 'Next morning, my body ached so badly that I could barely drag myself out of bed. But I got up and did it all over again.' (chapter 10).
1.1.1. Here you can tell that the story talks through Alina's perspective. She tells how she feels and what she does. You can recognize the first person here because she uses I. This way you know it's from Alina's perpective.
2. Protagonist/antagonist
2.1. Protagonist
2.1.1. The protagonist are Alina and mal. As example when Alina had the chance to kill the stag. If she killed the stag she would have so much more power. But she didn´t. She had the chance to be powerfull but choose not to. This proves that Alina is a good charchter and that she genuinly cares about other people.
2.1.2. Mal is also a protagonist. He had the chance to give up on Alina and leave her there with the darkling. He couldn´t because he knew Alina was in danger. He is a person that puts his own needs aside for someone who he really cares about. In the end he helped free her from the darkling. This proves that he is a great person.
2.2. Antagonist
2.2.1. The antagonist of the story is the darkling. Aleksander Morozova is his real name. He is a manipulative person that only cares about himself. He tried to manipulated Alina and use her powers against everyone. This way he would have all the power and rule the world.
3. Theme
3.1. Good against evil
3.1.1. Shadow and bone is all about good people against bad people. The darkling who is a Antagonist is an evil person. He takes advantage of Alina and her powers. Alina and mal are the good people and care about there surroundings.
3.2. Friendship and love
3.2.1. Shadow and bone is a book full of friendschip and love. In the end it is love what saves Alina and the friendships that help her.
3.3. Decide your destiny
3.3.1. The book shows you that no mather how bad or how terrible of a situation you are in, you are in control of you own fate. You are the one to make your destiny and make choices. This is really all about Alina. In the end she decides that she wants to fight with truth and honesty and not with betraiyel and lies.
4. Tense
4.1. chronological order
4.1.1. Shadow and Bone is written in a moslty chronical order. in the beginning of the book it's talks about Alina and Mal's childhood, but the rest of the story happens moment by moment.
4.2. Setting
4.2.1. The story is presented in the 17th century. The story talks about a time without technology and without cars and airplanes.
4.3. present
4.3.1. the story is written in the present. Alina talks about situation as if it were to happen right now.
5. Point of view
6. Author
6.1. The author of shadow and bone is Leigh Bardugo. Leigh Bardugo is a number 1 New York Times-bestselling author of fantasy novels and she is the creator of the Grisha verse. The Grisha verse is a fictional world. Leigh bardugo was born in Jerusalem.
6.2. From reading the book I assume she is a creative and humorous person. The way she created this different place and different perspective of the world is so creative. In the book there are fun comments that make you laugh. This shows that the author has a fun mindset.
7. Titel
7.1. De name of the book is SHadow and Bone.
7.2. Shadow and bone was first published on the 5th of June 2012.
8. Charchter development
8.1. Mal is a round charachter
8.1.1. In the beginning Mal is a arrogant and selfish person.
8.1.1.1. In the end he changed. Mal realized that the world is not only about his needs but also for others. He cares about people now and want to help them. He changed into a man that would give everything to save a soul. And this makes him a great charachter in the book.
8.2. Alina is a round charachter
8.2.1. In the beginning is Alina very selfconsious and unaware of how great of a person she truly is.
8.2.1.1. In the end of the book she has made so much progress and changes. She knows who she is and she's proud of it. Alina is stronger person both physically and mentally. She is pysically stronger because she nows has powers. And is mentally stronger because she has been through so many difficult times. Times where she felt like she wanted to give up, but didn't.
8.3. The darkling is a flat charachter
8.3.1. The darkling is an evil man. In the story he chooses power and selfishes every time. He has so many opportunities to be good and to be a better person. Bur he never does he stays the same antagonist in the book.
8.3.1.1. The Darklings perspective and point of view never changes. He always stayed the same selfish and manipulative person through the whole story.
9. Symbols
9.1. There are not alot of symbols used in shadow and bone.
9.1.1. A symbol used in the book is the Darklings symbol.
9.1.1.1. The symbol is a black moon on a shield. It shows you the darkness from the darkling.
10. Metaphors
10.1. Metaphors are bieng used to make it easier to read the book.
10.1.1. Examples
10.1.1.1. 'Goed morgen, Fentomen!' (Chapter After)
10.1.1.1.1. Fentomen is a not real word but is being used to descripe a ship crew.
10.1.1.2. 'My limbs felt strangely heavy, my mind a blank.' (Chapter 22)
10.1.1.2.1. Your limbs cna't feel heay. This is a way for Alina to tell that's she is tired and can't think straight.