Fiction Analysis

In the novel Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers, a young girl is sold into prostitution and remains in prostitution until a God loving farmer has his heart and soul set on making her his wife. Micheal visits Angel in the brothel paying only to talk to her, after coming multiple times and her rejecting him time after time, he gives up until God calls him back to her. He pays for her to be released and takes her back to his farm. She tries numerous times to run away and every time he goes after her, brings her home and forgives her. The last time she runs away God tells him to let her go even though he loves her. After finding a job as a cook her old pimp finds her and forces her into prostitution until one night a man helps her out of his brothel along with two other young girls. The three of them live with the man's family for two years when Angel gets baptized and born again following God. Micheal's brother finds her and convinces her to come back with him. When she finally arrives she comes to him like Eve did to Adam. Micheal and Angel live happily and have four children even though as a child it was made sure she could never have children. The narrative allows the reader to connect to all characters since it is not spoken by a character but rather by someone watching it all. Getting everyone's point of view and thought process.

2 The theme of the story is to trust in God because he has a plan for everyone.

3 The author's tone is sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
"The mess in the fireplace was cleaned up when Angel came back, but Hosea was gone"(127).
"But if we hope for what we do not have, we wait for it patiently Romans 8:25"(159).
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself"(243).

4 Literary elements
     1 Characterization: pages 1-44 Angel's childhood helps the reader understand why she is who she is for the rest of the novel.
     2 Conflict: "Run away from him, Angel. Run away now- Stay, beloved"(153).
     3 Epilogue: "Sarah and Michael shared many happy years together. On their seventh anniversary, their prayers were answered with the birth of a son,  Stephen. Stephen was filed by Luke, Lydia, and Esther"(463).
     4 Flashback: " Angel moaned as Duke bent her over. He laughed softly. "Did you think you could get away from the Alpha and Omega?" Someone called her from a great distance, but Duke kept drowning out the still, soft voice"(135).
     5 Foil: "He smiled back. Colder than she. How'd you get your claws into him? Angel saw the world in one man's eyes, and she felt every stone cast"(171).
     6 Imagery: "Angel pushed the canvas flap back just enough to look out at the mud street. She shivered in the cold afternoon air, that carried with it the stench of disenchantment"(47).
     7 Prologue: Explains what "Angel" was like as a child and why she became so numb and stiffened over the years (1-44).
     8 Satire: "Half an hour later, Mara stormed back. "Look at this!" She held her hands for him to see her blackened palms and fingers. "I've used soap. I've used grease. I've even rubbed with sand. How do you get this stuff off?" "It's the dye from the hulls." "You mean they're going to stay like this?""(148)
     9 Stream of consciousness: "I'm falling in love with you. Oh, God, I don't want to, but I am. You're becoming the air I breathe. I'm losing Elizabeth and Miriam and Ruthie. How long will it be before I lose you too?"(265).
     10 Suspense: "Angel sat for a long time thinking after he left"(454).


Characterization

1 Direct characterization

The way Angel talks makes it feel like she is very locked away, cold and bitter at times.
Through how Miriam treats everyone shows they she is a loving person who just wants everything to be ok.

Indirect characterization

Though out the entire book Michael is shown to be a very forgiving man through his actions target than words.
The way Paul thinks about Angel shows how judgemental he is, whether it is because he is a Christian man, or because he had low self esteem.

2 The author's diction doesn't change through out the novel,  it is very fluent from character to character.

3 The protagonist is a round, dynamic character. Angel goes through many struggles and when she finally finds God she goes through a major psychological and physical change that makes her into a stronger, more independent woman.

After reading this novel I feel like the character development was very good, it brought me to tears multiple times. I felt like I was reading a diary not fiction, meeting every character not just reading about them.