Imagery of smell
Whenever Alex commented or tried to speak around the senior boys, he received painful taps on his head from the giant boys. Satirically, the crowd cheered when he was beaten and bullied. However, Alex knew how to defend himself, and the smell of the burning wings gave him the courage to retaliate. The author depicts the sense of smell to readers when saying, “He was the proverbial moth, and the smell of burning wings was all too present in his nostrils.”
Imagery of hearing
The author depicts the sense of hearing when describing Alex's voice which his tormentor did not hear. The author writes, “Unfortunately, his tormentor couldn’t hear him. A noisy crush of boys had filled the bathroom, each yelling for blood. Alex’s voice, muffled as it was under the boy’s humongous armpit, was lost in the din.”
Imagery of photographs
The description of photographs seen by Alex when he painfully twists his head depicts the sense of sight to readers. The author writes, “Alex twisted his head around into a painful angle so that he could see his surroundings. Brief snatches flashed before his eyes like photographs. A row of steel faucets, insolent soldiers lined up for the execution.”
The Tormentor
The ear-piercing whistles depict the sense of hearing to readers. The author writes, “His tormentor paused before an open stall, and the gathering pack cheered. Would this be the ultimate moment? Ear-piercing whistles cracked the air as Barry’s brain slowly ticked over.”
