The Port Town of Veracruz
The author vividly describes the location of the port town of Veracruz, enabling readers to visualize the exact scene. The author writes, "The port town of Veracruz is a little purgatory between land and sea for the traveler, the people who live there are fond of themselves and the town they have helped to make." The reader feels that Veracruz people are happy about their town, and they are ready to embrace it at all times.
The imagery of taste
One of the vital features of Veracruz’s world is the unique taste of the refreshments the locals and travelers enjoy. The author writes, "When they entertain themselves at the numerous private and public feasts, the newspaper publishes lyric prose saying how gay an occasion it was; in a lavish and autocratic – terms are synonymous, they believe – taste the decorations and refreshments; and they cannot praise too much the skill with which the members of good society maintain in their deportment…."
The imagery of the beggar
The beggar is the familiar figure on the terrace where the travelers spend their time in the port town. The author's description of the appearance of the beggar depicts the sense of sight to readers. The author writes, "The beggar who came to the terrace every morning in time for the early traffic appeared around the corner shambling and crawling, the stumps of his four limbs bound in leather and twine.”
The imagery of smell
The woman inside the house gives a parrot a rotten banana while the monkey is watching. The cat is jealousy, and it cannot fight the two, so it stands stills as it smells the straw. The author writes, “The cat who despised them both and feared neither because he was free to fight or run as he chose, was roused by the smell of the straw, tainted meat hanging in chunks in the small butcher’s stand below him.”
