The fuzzing eyelashes
The writer employs descriptions to bring out the imagery of her characters. To bring out the disconnect between the girl’s profile picture and her actual appearance, the writer employs vivid descriptions characterized by the use of a simile. Specifically, the writer compares the fuzzing eyelashes of the girl on the profile picture to that of antennae: “…the cave of the eye strikingly marked by the dark shining strip of eyebrow and the steep stroke of eyelashes, fuzzing at the ends like the antennae of moths.” The use of the simile thus promotes imagery.
Rosa’s fidgeting feet
As the music takes over the ambiance of the night, Rosa’s feet begin to fidget under the influence of the music, slowly taking rhythm. The writer enhances the imagery of this scene through the use of a simile in which the same is compared to the kneading of a cat’s paws: “Her feet fidgeted under the bedclothes, slowly took on rhythm like a cat’s paws kneading.”
The silhouettes of the waving feet
As Conrad throws the covers off of both Rosa and himself, the two watch the shadows of their waving and wagging feet are compared to wagging tongues. The writer enhances the imagery through the description: “… they watched the silhouettes of their waving feet, wagging like tongues, talking like hands.”
The imagery of the new building
The writer enhances the imagery of the new building through the use of a simile. Unambiguously, the rising imagery of the copper-covered spike into the sky is enhanced through its comparison to a giant. In this way, an image of the massive appearance of the spike is evoked in the reader. The writer notes: “The new building, its copper-covered spike stuck into the sky like a giant, gleaming, three-sided floor-nail.”
The imagery of the white centers of bread pulled out like cotton bolls
The writer introduces the black men with their half-loaves of bread in wisps of wrapping and how they pull out the bread’s white center using a simile. In particular, the writer notes: “… black men sat with their half-loaves of bread in wisps of wrapping, pulling out the white center like cotton bolls.” The use of the simile thus enhances the imagery of the white centers of the men’s loaves of bread.
