Rachel Vallario
Coach Morrell
English IV
October 3 2012
The
author of this passage uses imagery a lot though different senses. Some examples
with senses are touch, hearing, and smell. The author, Alan Weisman uses those
senses to describe certain topics in his writings.
An
example used with imagery with touch is on page 176. “Glide over the bulrushes
in perfect formation, touching down so lightly that they detonate no land
mines.” Alan Weisman uses touch in his imagery by showing how the bird landed
on land mines. Another example is “a dry
lighting strike, igniting decades of uncut, knee-high central park grass, would
spread flames through town.” He uses dry to describe the lightning strike and
then the touch of uncut grass in central park.
The
author shows taste in imagery also. He shows it on page 178. “The time bombs left petroleum tanks, chemical
plants, power plants and dry- cleaning plants might poison the earth beneath
them for eons”. The earth consumes or
tastes all the poisonous toxins which the author says will eventually kill the
earth.
The
author shows a lot of sight in the imagery that he used. One example is “as
water sluiced away soil beneath pavement, streets would crater.” It paints a
picture in my head of what would happen if humans were not on earth anymore.
Another example is “otters, Asiatic black bears, musk deer and the nearly
vanquished Amur leopard would spread into slopes forested with young daimyo oak
and bird cherry.” He describes each animal exact so I know what animal he is
describing.
The
author shows a lot of imagery that involve some of the 5 senses. Some examples
with senses are touch, hearing, and smell. His goal was to describe what he was
imagining in his head to me so I could understand and picture what he was thinking
also.
