Analysis

The next few pages will help you analyze the short story “Crusader Rabbit” by Jess Mowry, taking into account key analytical and narrative elements.

In what follows, we will summarize the text and outline the narrative structure looking at traditional plot elements and narrative techniques such as backstory.

We will examine the two main characters in the short story, Jeremy and Raglan, looking at their outer and inner characterizations.

We will explore the city setting of Oakland, US, and the way it contrasts the seaside setting outside the city. We will also consider social aspects of the setting such as drug use, poverty, street living, and child neglect.

We will discuss the third-person narrator and the way he uses the characters’ point of view.

We will also look at the language of the text, focusing on imagery, similes, metaphors, repetition, rhetorical questions, and symbolism.

You can find the full analysis of the text in what follows.