Descriptive Use Of Imagery In 'The Nitre !'

“They watched him stride across the stage and take his diploma” (Krakauer pg.125) The author uses the word stride instead of walk to show the fact that Christopher was very proud and happy that he had graduated.

Laura Hillenbrand’s biography titled Unbroken recounts the life of Louie Zamperini and major events that occurred throughout it. Hillenbrand’s purpose was to emphasize the inspirational story of heroic Zamperini as he qualified and participated in the Olympics, as well as describe the endless struggle of pain in the plane crash and in the Japanese POW camps. She also portrays the importance of dignity and resilience and how without it, the chances of surviving the cruel events Louie experienced during World War II would have been minimal.

Tim O’Brien is an American novelist. He has penned numerous novels and short stories about the war. Though the majority of these are fictional, he brings the sensation and suspense needed to inflict the reader to engage with the text and feel cognate as if he/she is actually there. Tim O’Brien also uses a considerable amount of imagery to help the reader understand what he wants them to about the war. Some of these examples include fear, how there’s no safe place, and how it haunts you forever. These motives are what sparked him to be the exceptional author he is today.

In The Princess Bride by William Goldman there is a love so strong not even death can take it away.

In this first paragraph I’m gonna explain how Mary Shelley uses imagery in this passage. The imagery used is almost all sight and things Victor Frankenstein is seeing as he is seeing the creature. He is seeing lightning flash all around him which subtly illuminates the creature at first. On the second flash it clearly illuminates the creature. “For another flash discovered him to me hanging among the rocks,” (Shelley, 63). This shows that it is really dark where he is and he can only see when the lightning flashes. He is in a storm so he is feeling the cold rain. The rain and the darkness are a very unsettling combo causing his teeth to chatter. He does think that the storm is beautiful though while in the beginning of the essay he just sits there and marvels at it before it starts becoming uncomfortable.

Discuss the use of imagery in two stories of your choice. How do the various images work in a particular story to bring its subject matter into focus? Is there a central image? And how does this enhance or confuse or complicate the effect of the story?

From the beginning of the story, the readers knew that the killer's actions was based on revenge. This is supported from the line, "THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge" (Poe). The understanding that this story would end in violence or pain influenced the feeling of dread because we knew what was going to happen. As they walk through dark, narrow passages and moist air surrounds them, the reader can get an appalling feeling since they do not seem to think anything of it. Bones and skeletons hang from the walls by chain.

Liusu was silent for a while, but finally she burst out: “Why not go ahead and just say, flat out, that you don’t want to marry me, and leave it at that! Why beat around the bush, with all this talk of not being able to decide things? Even a conservative person like me can say, ‘First marriage for the family, second marriage for oneself.’ If someone as free and unburdened as you are can’t decide for

     Finally, imagery is used throughout the story such as the “proximity of God howling beneath the house” which seems to convey a dark image of God. Another example of imagery occurs when Soto burps to “perfume the air.” It gives one a sense that Soto is burping not just let out gas but to give him a sense of relief and

Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario is an action novel about the story of a 17-year old boy looking for his mother. Enrique (17) was left by his mother at a very young age. With siblings behind him, he knew he would need more of a mother figure, not just an aunt. As the story continues, the readers can see all of the suffering from Enrique, to reach his Mom. This novel is written with the use of imagery, foreshadowing, and detail to enhance the story and keep the reader interested in their adventure reading Enrique’s Journey.

In the short stories “The Man I Killed” and “Ambush,” one of Tim O’Brien’s purposes is to describe how society wrongfully portrays soldiers gain a sense of pride and victory when they take lives of other human beings instead of the guilt-driven battle they have to deal with for the rest of their lives. O’Brien tries to disprove this theory and instead show they are actually stuck with this tragedy for the rest of their lives as they lose their innocence and sense of humanity. O’Brien shows this through the use of imagery to portray and help develop this concept/theme. O’Brien describes through vivid imagery and details in, “The Man I Killed,” the dead man’s eye, “His one eye shut, his other eye was a star-shaped hole” (118). Here O’Brien uses this imagery to symbolize the star shape of the dead man’s eye as a sign of hope as a shooting star, yet, he ties this beautiful image with death, to show that his hope/future has betrayed him. O’Brien purposefully places this star-shaped wound on the soldier's eye, for it is with the eyes that both the dead man and O’Brien gaze upon the stars in the sky. As if he was gazing more upon the stars, upon his future, which in this case his future comes to an end with O’Brien’s fatal doing. O’Brien’s innocence has left him as he has become in a sense “dirty” after taking this man’s life. So, in this case, O’Brien has not taken this killing with pride and victory, but with sadness and guilt. This goes back to his purpose to show that soldiers

2. How does Shakespeare’s use of imagery and recurring symbols add depth and meaning to the plot and characters in the play?

“The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen is a short story that takes place during World War II in London, England. The main character, Mrs. Drover travels by herself to the bombed city to return to her boarded-up house. While gathering belongings, Mrs. Drover notices particular and out of place that begins to haunt her. The reader witnesses her mental state deteriorate as she begins dreaming of safety. The use of vivid imagery and flashbacks in “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen develops the mysterious and paranoid mood throughout the piece of literature.

In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Marquez reports the details revolving the murder of Santiago Nasar, an affluent member of the town. Nasar was murdered because he was accused of taking Angela Vicario’s purity, thus degrading the honor of her family. Angela, the bride of Bayardo San Ramon, told her brothers of her perpetrator's alleged affront, effectively creating a blood-debt that only could end in jail for the twins and the imminent death of Santiago. Throughout the novel, Marquez actively foreshadows Santiago’s murder in the non-linear plot by highlighting the recurring imagery of murder and brutality surrounding Nasar.

In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, imagery is used to set the tone of a passage, provide contrast and irony to scenes, and help to display character. Shakespeare applies the imagery of clothing, darkness, and blood in an exceptional manner to describe his play. Each one of these is an important symbol used throughout the play. They add to a complete understanding of a passage or the play as a whole.