Literary Devices In Where Things Come Back

There are various literary devices used in Where Things Come Back. One of them is Allusions such as The Book of Enoch. “But it is said, if you read The Book of Enoch, that he did this because the Grigori were teaching the humans too many things like astrology and the arts.” (Waley page 42) This is an allusion to the Book of Enoch because throughout the story it is revealed that because humans know too much, more problems are made. Another way literary devices are used is through the author’s tone which is cynical. An example of this is “I lay there silent beside my brother, my best friend and his girlfriend wading in the water before me, and I knew we were all just in the prelude to disappointment after disappointment.” (Waley page 35)