Imagery of hearing
Charlie Pride’s moaning from a cassette depicts the sense of hearing to readers. The author writes, “Charlie Pride moans from a cassette, and his voice slips out of the crack the window makes. Out into the world of magpies’ soothing carols, and parrots’ cheeky whistles, of descending darkness and spirits.”
The imagery of Bill Woodward
The author describes Woodward’s appearance to paint a vivid picture for the reader to see how well he was prepared and determined to go home. The author writes, “His movements are elegant and delicate. His hair is well-groomed, and his clothes are clean. Bill Woodward is coming home in all his might, in his shining armor.”
The imagery of sound
The sounds made by the frogs and other animals depict the sense of hearing to readers. The author writes, "Frogs croaking into the silent hot air and some animal blundering in the bullrushes on the other side of the gentle river—moonlight on the ruffled water. Nasal voices are whispering and giggling. The Clink of beer bottles.”
Imagery of smell
The author explains the day Woodward's uncle crept into his rented apartment while drunk and slept on the verandah. The smell that came from him was similar to that of a carcass. The author writes, "A dirty pitiful carcass, encased in a black greatcoat that had smelt of stale drink and lonely, violent places."
