Analysis

This analysis of the short story “The Sentry” by Téa Obreht will help you complete you exam assignment and give you an overview of the most important analytical aspects.

In the next few pages, we will summarise the story and present the structure of its plot, along with narrative elements like title and foreshadowing.

We will give you characterisations of the father, Bojan, Mrs Senka, and Kaiser, and also focus specifically on the relationships between the characters. 

We will discuss the setting, focusing on the war context, as well as on aspects related to parenthood and bullying.

We will consider the limited third-person narration, using the main character’s point of view and its impact on the story.

We will examine the language used by the author, focusing on devices like imagery, similes, metaphors, repetition, and symbols.

You can find the analysis in what follows.