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Visual Imagery In Chicago

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The imagery that Larson used to describe the way that Holmes feels about Chicago and why depicts to the readers the way Holmes mind works. Instead of loving the city for the character and freedom it brings like the many others that come to Chicago, Holmes reveals his lustful intentions to the readers by imagining the way “smoke… could envelope a woman and leave no trace” which he believes gives him many opportunities to carry out his malevolent plans (Larson 62). Larson’s use of not only visual imagery but smells as well shows the readers Holmes is obsessive over his agenda and how a “blade thin track of perfume” was a temptation to him(Larson 62). Because Chicago had become a place for people to come and start over, there were many young women

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