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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
Key Examples in Indian Camp
Imagery
Explanation and Analysis—Rowing to the Camp:
At the story’s opening, Nick, his father, and uncle meet up with two Indian men who row them across a lake to an Indian camp. Hemingway captures their experience moving across the water using imagery:
The two boats started off in the dark. Nick heard the oarlocks of the other boat quite a way ahead of them in the mist. The Indians rowed with quick choppy strokes. Nick lay back with his father’s arm around him. It was cold on the water. The Indian who was rowing them was working very hard, but the other boat moved further ahead in the mist all the time.
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Explanation and Analysis—Inside the Shanty:
When Nick, his father, and uncle all enter the shanty where the Indian woman is in labor, the narrator uses imagery to capture the scene, as seen in the following passage:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Inside on a wooden bunk lay a young Indian woman. She had been trying to have her baby for two days […] She screamed just as Nick and the two Indians followed his father and Uncle George into the shanty. She lay in the lower bunk, very big under a quilt. Her head was turned to one side. In the upper bunk was her husband. He had cut his foot very badly with an ax three days before. He was smoking a pipe. The room smelled very bad.
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