Use of Imagery

3. Examine the cover of the novel. What images do you see? How do you think the images are connected to the story?

   A pattern of repeated words or phrases can have a significant impact in conveying a particular impression about a character or situation, or the theme of a story. In the story "The Storm," by Kate Chopin, and "The Chrysanthemums," by John Steinbeck, imagery is an integral element in the development of the characters and situation, as well as the development of theme.

“‘Don’t you ever wish you could change things?”’ (10). In Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960’s, woman ahead of her time, Miss Skeeter, proposes an idea to write a book about the lives of colored maids in Jackson. Aibileen and Minny, two maids, are among the first ones to agree to help Skeeter, despite the potential danger to themselves. In The Help, Kathryn Stockett creates an engaging and immersive world that explores racism and social injustice by using well-developed writing, the ideal amount of imagery, and strong characters.

When she is given the opportunity to dress in extravagant clothing and act like she is wealthy, she found a “sense of triumph that is so sweet to a woman’s heart” (3). Mathilda Loisel’s change from the exposition of the short story to the rising action is dramatic. The reader’s first impression of the character is that she is unhappy and resentful but at the party she comes off just the opposite. She was joyful and “danced wildly, with passion, drunk on pleasure, forgetting everything in the triumph of her beauty” (3). Mathilda Loisel’s true character starts to reveal itself when the reader sees how much value she puts in possessions.

a. What is the message conveyed by each of these images? Answer in three to four sentences.

In the short story “the Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and the short story “blue + yellow” by Chris Killen compare in many ways. These two stories use the same literary device strongly such as imagery. Imagery is a literary device in which the author uses words and phrases to paint a picture in the readers head throughout the story. These two short stories are written with very descriptive language to help paint a picture of the occurrences in the story and describe a scene. These two stories also contrast in many ways such as the way they use symbolism as well as the relationships between the characters in both stories.

Many authors of the short story like to focus on the idea of death and or darkness. These traits carry big messages that don’t often require a lot of page space to explain. This is overwhelming important in the genre of short stories when authors have very little page space to work with. At least one of these traits can be seen in the works of authors such as Edgar Allan Poe with The Fall of the House of Usher’s, Nathaniel Hawthorne with The Birthmark, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman in The Yellow Wallpaper.

Secondly, the use of figurative language is crucial for an impressive pleasurable short story. For instance, in “The Yellow Wallpaper “ Charlotte uses delicious garden, atrocious nursery, blessed little goose, mysterious deep-shaded arbors, the riotous old-fashioned flowers, gnarly trees etc. About the paper she expresses her feeling as “ this paper looks to me as if it knew what a vicious influence it had, the pattern lolls look like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes. Up and down and sideways they crawl, and those absurd unblinking eyes are everywhere”. Afterward, she thinks that it is like a woman stooping down and creeping

He uses the words “graceful” and “calm” (5). This reflects the depth that he sees in her character, beyond her body. This also juxtaposes her nature to the energy of the nightclub, which is not graceful or calm at all. He creates the image of the dancer being wrapped in “gauze,” (6) which creates the image of a wound wrapped in gauze, leading the reader to view her as hurt and wounded by her sexuality. This illustrates her sexuality, as gauze is thin and transparent, while connecting her internal struggles to the image of physical pain.

Imagery helps the reader’s senses in creating a mood or tone. With the description of what senses are being used, it creates an entirely new and different experience for the

How proud we must all be to live in an era of unbiased judgment and true equality amongst all. In a time so prosperous and friendly as now, it's all we can do to not scoff at decades past for all the bigotry and prejudice existing back in those days of such ancient history. To think of a time when ethnic groups were discriminated against, or poorly represented would mean to be thinking of years before the mid/late 1900s, before the struggle for fair judgment was fought for and won. Or has equality been won at all? After about a week of scanning newspapers and websites worldwide for important news created recently and in the past few years(though some pieces of news are old, their effects can be felt even today), it's disturbingly evident that

The first integral theme of the story is, if you love someone, you’d do anything to make them happy. One way this theme is shown is when, Mr. Peters wished for a wife. Mr. Peters, “knew that it was hopeless and [Leita] would never be happy.” Over time, it was evident to Mr. Peters that Leita was miserable and wasn’t ever going to be content if she continued to live as a human. Turning into a human has separated her from her sister causing her to be depressed with this new life. Leita’s depression was the cause of Mr. Peters being in a state of mind, where he would do anything to make her jovial. Her being dejected led Mr. Peters to, “[take] another leaf from his notecase, [blow] it out of the window, and [use] up his second wish.” Mr. Peters

In “Practice and Preparation,” the author used visual imagery to show the picture of how determination leads to success. In the text, the author used the word “rhythmic beat” to show how his heart feel about the game. When he uses this visual imagery, he let the audience see how his heart beating fast because of excitement. This show that he will put himself into the game, and he will play his best to win it. Every football players should have their feeling and believe to put all of their energy into the game. They aren’t only feel exciting but comfortable because of all the times they have been practice for these day. When they see the picture, it make the audience think it will be a really excite game, there will be a lot going on in the

In the short story, the author uses imagery to show you the setting and events that are happening around him. He also used foreshadowing in the short story, (Here is a example) Fortunato said he wasn't going to die from a cough then Montresor agreed with him because he knew he would die of starvation or dehydration.

Imagery plays a big part in describing the character’s appearance and actions in order to show what a character is like and how they respond to differing situations. It can also shape the story and reveal to the reader the background of a person, place, or thing. In Krapp’s Last Tape, the only character is given much detail and description in order to start the play at a point where the reader already knows some information about this elderly man. The literary convention of imagery provides insight into the character that will lead the play.