The Imagery of Touch
The author uses the hot sun to appeal the sense of feeling and touch to the reader. As he is traveling across North Dakota, the sun is unbearably hot. From the description, the reader can feel how hot it is in North Dakota as the Author travels across. He writes:
"I was traveling across North Dakota. The August sun was unbearably hot and the land rolled on endlessly before me. As I came over a rise I saw in the distance a forlorn wooden structure with three enclosed sides and low pitched roof."
The Imagery of Sight
The author has is providing a vivid description of what is happening along the road and more so on the top of the historical rock. Such a description is vital in helping the reader to visualize and see what is happening as travels across the road. He says:
“And I wasn’t the only one who had seen something more than a history lesson in that roadside enclosure. On the top of the rock, insignificant to anyone who did not understand, some previous passersby ad placed a few broken cigarettes."
The imagery of Believe
Through belief, the author sees that his Indian readers can believe him that he is not a hypocrite. This appeals to the reader the sense of sight. He distances himself from the white readers who are not genuine when writing about Indians. This description is critical in helping the reader see the perceptions of the Indian readers and the objectives of the author. He says:
"I believe you will see that I am neither a white explorer who traffics in Indian themes because they are popular nor a blue-eyed wannabe who has miraculously discovered a Cherokee grandmother in my distant past."
Imagery of Hearing
The author has used the echoes that produce sound to appeal to the sense of hearing to the readers. He reminds the white readers not to forget that they are walking on the Indian streets and the echoes from their feet remind them of the same. He writes:
“There are echoes beneath your feet that are there to be heard if you are willing to still your mind and listen to your heart.”
