Genre 

Fantasy; allegory

Narrator 

Omniscient narrator

Point of view 

Primarily Hazel's point of view, but shifts among several of the major characters

Tone 

Sorrowfully optimistic, always suggesting that something can be done about the world's evils

Tense 

Immediate past

Setting (time) 

The events of the novel take place from May to October in no specific year, but likely around the time the novel was written; the epilogue takes place several years later

Setting (place) 

Between Berkshire and Hampshire, England

Protagonist 

Hazel

Antagonist 

Woundwort

Climax 

The battle between Bigwig and Woundwort

Falling action 

The dog chases away the Efrafan rabbits

Foreshadowing 

At the beginning of each chapter Adams quotes a passage from a famous text that vaguely indicates what will happen in the chapter