The Drowned World

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15

Themes

All Themes Man vs. Nature Memory vs. The Future Science and Psychology Birth, Renewal, and Doom

Characters

All Characters Dr. Robert Kerans Strangeman Dr. Alan Bodkin Beatrice Dahl Colonel Riggs Lieutenant Hardman

Symbols

All Symbols The Broken Compass The Planetarium

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allegory Allusions Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator

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The Drowned World

by J. G. Ballard

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Introduction Intro

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Summary & Analysis

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15

All Themes
Man vs. Nature
Memory vs. The Future
Science and Psychology
Birth, Renewal, and Doom

All Characters
Dr. Robert Kerans
Strangeman
Dr. Alan Bodkin
Beatrice Dahl
Colonel Riggs
Lieutenant Hardman

All Symbols
The Broken Compass
The Planetarium

All Literary Devices
Allegory
Allusions
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Unreliable Narrator

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