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Definition of Imagery
Imagery, in any sort of writing, refers to descriptive language that engages the human senses. For instance, the following lines from Robert Frost's poem "After Apple-Picking" contain imagery that engages... read full definition
Imagery, in any sort of writing, refers to descriptive language that engages the human senses. For instance, the following lines from Robert Frost's poem "After... read full definition
Imagery, in any sort of writing, refers to descriptive language that engages the human senses. For instance, the following lines... read full definition
Chapter 5
Explanation and Analysis—Dreaming of School Days:
In Chapter 5, when Carlos's mother tells him he can go to school, he begins to see the world as a brighter and better place. He uses a mixture of visual, tactile, and auditory imagery to convey this newfound outlook:
School! The stars gleamed brightly. There was a gentle breeze in the trees. The moon was rising out of the east, and it shone in my head. Everywhere in the fields the crickets were chirping melodiously. Why not? The prospect of going to school made the whole night enchanted. My bleeding hands were forgotten. The long and weary road to Binalonan was as nothing. Yes, even the hard work with my father in the village was also forgotten.
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Chapter 26
Explanation and Analysis—A Memory of Home:
In Chapter 26, José and Carlos travel through California, and Carlos reflects on how the landscape looks like his village. José asks him to describe it to him, and Carlos uses imagery to reflect on his childhood home:
Unlock with LitCharts A+“Well, it is hard to describe it to you. But the farther I go from it, the more vivid it becomes to me. Perhaps I am sentimental. But my village is not like any other village. There are mountains on one side, and there is the wide river on the other. A tongue of land extends into the river and on this land are hills that are covered with guava trees. Now is the time for the guavas to bloom. I used to go there when I was a child and the smell of the blossoms followed me down into the valley.... Someday I will go back and climb these guavas again. Someday I will make a crown of papaya blossoms. Do you think I am sentimental?”
