Imagery In The Dead

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From the short story “The Dead”, Gabriel the character shows us how his point of view of a certain thing is seen. His wife has passed away and his attitude in the story is well seen as neutral. In the story Gabriel starts off by describing how he is layed next to her, the way he feels. Imagery is used in the story, because every single word or sentence you read can be pictured perfectly in your mind. “She was fast asleep”, that is an example of imagery because automatically you can picture Gabriel’s wife laying down and figuring out she has past away. Another example is “walk along the river in the snow” you picture the person walking on the snow down the river. The “black sneakers” are in the beginning of the story described very well

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