The imagery of the Muslim girls
The description of the women of the Muslim girls waiting to board a bus depicts a sense of sight. The narrator says, “In the early hours before the dawn, the women of the Muslim Girls Training class stood single file on the sidewalk, waiting to board the Trailways charter bus headed to Chicago." The imagery shows how Muslim women observe the cultural norms and traditions of their religion. Women are not allowed to anyhow interact with men. Muslim Girls are taught to be disciplined and avoid forming unnecessary relationships with men if the associations are not intended for marriage.
The girl
The narrator explains how sister Memphis looked at the new girl, and the description paints a picture of fearlessness. The narrator says, "The girl had skin like French Vanilla ice cream, heavy on the egg, with the abundance of freckles that ran across the bridge of her nose – a fierce as instantly familiar and threatening as schoolyard bullies. She wore her headscarf and skirt lopsided so that tufts of reddish, knotted hair showed from the edges like someone who had gotten out of bed and not dressed herself, but instead decided to roll the linen around her body before venturing outside." The imagery shows the girl's confidence to confront Sister Memphis' strict behavior on new girls in the facility.
The bus
The narrator's delineation of the humming of the bust and its exploration of the farmlands depicts the senses of hearing and sight. The narrator says, "The bus made low hum as it ventured west, driving along a two-lane highway cut through endless farmlands that were fallow and snowy in February cold." The imagery paints a picture of the farmlands during April. Readers can see and hear the neighborhood, which engages them to follow the narrator's story keenly.
