How Does Gary D. Schmidt Use Imagery In Okay For Now

Doug’s father has had a hard life and that is why he is rude to Doug. In Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt, he really has some distinctive traits. Doug’s father is known for being selfish, cowardly, and jealous. In the beginning of the book he comes home drunk and abusive and then takes it out on the kids as if it is there fault he can't get enough appreciation . Gary D. Schmidt really shows Doug's father's bad side and how mean Doug’s father is.

Imagery is used by many writers and this is when the writer uses visually descriptive or figurative language.

Firstly, Ray Bradbury uses imagery to reveal how people may change because of the new technological advances in society all around them. Bradbury also explains how imagery is

Imagery is addressed in different ways throughout the two poems in very detailed ways. This line from “Caged Bird,” “But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage, his

The author uses imagery to interest the reader in her story that may seem mundane without the imagery. An example of this happening is when Jeannette is going to her new school in Welch it was her first day and the teacher picks on her because she did not have to give the school her records to her not having them as that is happening a tall girl stabs her out of nowhere“I felt something sharp and painful between my shoulder blades and turned around. The tall black girl with the almond eyes was sitting at the desk behind me.

     The protagonist is a 9 year old boy, Dave Pelzer. The setting mostly takes place in his mother’s house. All of a sudden his mother and father started drinking and had problems in their relationship. His mother is always telling him

Imagery is often used to describe how you would deal with someone in a sticky situation, it being professional or a straight up fight. The imagery also shows Holden’s personality and characteristics, as he seems to be into more bloody, violent things. You can really see who a person really is based on how they talk, how they act, and sometimes even how they think.

The novel Dougy by James Moloney is a story of a thirteen year old boy who lives in a remote town in Queensland. Dougy experiences many different conflicts between the whites and the blacks in his town, which leads to deaths and disagreements. Dougy’s sibling, Gracey and Raymond, have great futures, whereas Dougy is yet to find his. As all these conflicts arise, we see Dougy’s character changing as he begins to gain confidence, we see him find his own voice, and taking on responsibilities.

In the book Okay For Now, one of the main characters, Doug shows a lot of traits including being nice,proud and even sometime being mean. The book is written by Gary D. Schmidt. Doug is around 13 years old. He lives in a town called Marysville in New York. He faces many problems during this book and he has to find a way to get through them. He uses art to get his difficulties out of the way.

The author uses imagery throughout his text. The reader can just picture what is going on in the story. When jack was peeping tom on this lady and she notice someone is watching her, then she opens the door and found jack and called out his name but he ran off is great imagery in this story. Also when Jack found Stephen on the rooftop because of the flood. This story also has symbols like the rain, storm, cigars etc.

Mr. Powell influences Doug by instructing him with art lessons. These lessons show Doug he can do more than what he thinks. At the beginning of the book Doug doesn’t think he can draw, and Doug gets down on himself. But, eventually Doug opens up and tries to draw. With the guidance of Mr. Powell, Doug’s starting to become and wonderful, young artist. Mr. Powell week after week teaches Doug to draw and offers words of advice, such as to “think like an artist”(Okay for Now PG.93). With Mr. Powell teaching Doug, he’s at least showing Doug the good things in Marysville. By Drawing the different birds in the

Bierce uses imagery by describing objects in nature in great detail. “Saw the individual tree, the leaves and the veining of each

In an unknown world, there was a kid named Billy. Billy went to a school called Riverside. Billy was not such a good kid at school. He always gets in trouble. He gets in trouble because he doesn't follow the rules. He doesn't like school, he decides to mess around and not do his work. He never does his homework, and have poor grades. One sad thing about him is that he doesn’t have any friends, but if he changes, then he can have people to play with outside of school, he has people to invite to a birthday party and just have a fun time with people.

The last element of importance in Oliver’s writing style is imagery. Imagery is the use of descriptive words to create mental images in the reader’s head relating to the scene. Oliver often uses imagery in an effective way to hook the reader so that they can visualize what is going on in their mind. An example is when Samantha is just starting to decipher what is going on in the day she relives her death. “I had the craziest feeling that it had all happened before, down to the smell of the orange my mom was peeling and the exact reflection of the trees in the surface of the water.” With this, the reader is able to picture what is happening, and maybe even be able to smell the orange. Later that day, Samantha is driving with

Polly Clark uses a lot of imagery to make it more intelligible for the reader to understand the meaning of the text. An example of that could be the numbers Laura is working with. To explain the human longing after a partner, Clark uses the numbers to make it clearer. Laura tries desperately to find out why these numbers have lost their