Imagery In The Heat Of Fire

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The society believed that the firemen were not supposed to show an emotions or signs of mercy towards anyone. Beatty started to panic a little when the woman continued to refuse to leave her house when they were about to burn it. The purpose of this visual imagery here is to display in a meaningful and illustrative way that deep down, Beatty has a heart. Imagery is important in our understanding of the novel because it is a powerful way to get a message across or describe something.

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