Imagery Examples In The Book Tangerine

Have you ever thought about the imagery a book has? The book Tangerine is an excellent example of imagery. There are a lot of times when this book gives you a visual picture in your mind of what it looks like. Images help give descriptions to books. The book Tangerine has great examples of imagery. They use the imagery in many different ways to give a deeper understanding of the book. My first example of imagery is about the muck fires. The book says “The muck fire was particularly strong. I could actually see it, and feel it, and smell it swirling over and into our yard.” This gives a lot of detail to the muck fires. It shows the reader how much Paul does not like the muck fires. It also shows how strong the muck fire is and how it seems as if it is so strong smelling that the smell is visible. Another example of imagery the book Tangerine uses is to give a deeper understanding of how it feels during the freeze. “In those few yards my ears were turned red and raw by the wind.” This shows how cold it was to be out in the freeze. This shows how much Paul cares too, because he knows how cold it

A thin arm reached out of the passenger-side window and tossed the Sunday edition of the Tangerine Times on the driveway. It was oversized and heavy, and double-wrapped in a plastic bag.” This makes me think that he was bored while he was waiting for the paper. He waited a day for the paper, because of the article he knew was going to be in the paper. He had been waiting for so long that he gives us all the details of how it got delivered. This gave me suspense because it made me wonder if was he going to run and look at it right away or if was he going to hide it and save it for a later time. It also gave suspense because I was wondering if it was going to have the article he was waiting for, or if it wasn’t going to not be