Imagery In 'The Most Dangerous Game'
The chill that goes down your spine, and that pit in your stomach when the author gives you suspense, and all you can do is predict what might happen next is the best part of a book. When the author describes the story so you feel like you are in the story, and that you are one of the characters is the most important part of a story. The suspense that builds up, and the descriptiveness in the story is what keeps you hooked and wanting to continue reading it. Imagery is one of the most important literary devices in a book since it describes the setting, and makes you feel like that you are in the story. Foreshadowing in a book makes the reader stay hooked, and gives them the ability to predict what will happen next.
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It keeps the reader informed of what the setting is like, and it gives the reader the ability to put their imagination into the book.. With good imagery the reader can build off of what the writes; and maybe even bring the story to a whole new level. One great example of Imagery in The Most Dangerous Game is on page 17 when the author writes “Dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.” The author wanted to describe how the characters felt while they were on the yacht. In my opinion he does an amazing job because you almost can feel that humidity of a warm tropical night, and how the humidity just surrounded you and almost felt like it was over-powering. The word choice the author chose were very impressive and actually made that statement more descriptive. My second example of imagery is on page 21 when Connell wrote “With its oaken panels, its high ceilings, its vast refectory table where twoscore men could sit down and eat.” Instead of giving description to the island this shows more of what General Zaroff’s house looked. A lot of major events happened in his house, so by giving description of his house it might give you some idea of his personality. I think that the author chose a mature word choice which made the story more descriptive and more imaginative. A lot of stories lack imagery because they either put too much in that it is ignored or not enough so it
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It keeps the reader informed of what the setting is like, and it gives the reader the ability to put their imagination into the book.. With good imagery the reader can build off of what the writes; and maybe even bring the story to a whole new level. One great example of Imagery in The Most Dangerous Game is on page 17 when the author writes “Dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.” The author wanted to describe how the characters felt while they were on the yacht. In my opinion he does an amazing job because you almost can feel that humidity of a warm tropical night, and how the humidity just surrounded you and almost felt like it was over-powering. The word choice the author chose were very impressive and actually made that statement more descriptive. My second example of imagery is on page 21 when Connell wrote “With its oaken panels, its high ceilings, its vast refectory table where twoscore men could sit down and eat.” Instead of giving description to the island this shows more of what General Zaroff’s house looked. A lot of major events happened in his house, so by giving description of his house it might give you some idea of his personality. I think that the author chose a mature word choice which made the story more descriptive and more imaginative. A lot of stories lack imagery because they either put too much in that it is ignored or not enough so it