When watching a movie, each scene is a complex image that the human eye sees. These images help develop certain effects of the movie because of the details shown and expressions in people's faces. In stories, authors use imagery in their writing to create a mental image, similar to one in a movie to form a particular effect. In “Barbie-Q,” Cisneros uses imagery in a detailed way when talking about the Barbies in order to show how much the little girl desires to be a Barbie. Cisneros writes about how perfect these Barbies are to an extent from their clothing to their packaging to create a an effect on the reader. In “The Flowers,” Walker uses imagery when talking about Myops interaction with the dead body, to exemplify the fact that this is
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For instance, to create imagery they both refer to objects in a descriptive way to make the reader see more in depth what the illustration should look like. In “Barbie-Q,” Sandra Cisneros uses descriptive language about the Barbie dolls such as explaining the Barbies as water-soaked, or in nice clean boxes. Cisneros does this to construct the image of how different the two types of Barbies that this little girl has are. In “The Flowers,” Alice Walker brings out imagery by using descriptive language about the plowline. Walker describes the plowline as frayed, rotted, bleached and frazzled making this image significant in creating the theme. She also describes the head that Myop stepped in as rotted instead of saying the head was old. Myop describes the head as rotted to make the reader think of what the image is and not miss what the head has to do with the theme. Both authors use descriptive language to make a simple object contain a secret message. Cisneros and Walker both use imagery with these two objects so that it is subtle, but not so subtle that the reader misses an important lesson. Along with having similar use of imagery, they both create a similar theme. The theme in “Barbie-Q” is that in life, people strive for perfection, but at some point realize perfection can not be reached. In “The Flowers,” the message is that at some point people realize life is not as pure as they originally thought. These authors both have the idea to send the message that coming of age means realizing things that were not evident
For instance, to create imagery they both refer to objects in a descriptive way to make the reader see more in depth what the illustration should look like. In “Barbie-Q,” Sandra Cisneros uses descriptive language about the Barbie dolls such as explaining the Barbies as water-soaked, or in nice clean boxes. Cisneros does this to construct the image of how different the two types of Barbies that this little girl has are. In “The Flowers,” Alice Walker brings out imagery by using descriptive language about the plowline. Walker describes the plowline as frayed, rotted, bleached and frazzled making this image significant in creating the theme. She also describes the head that Myop stepped in as rotted instead of saying the head was old. Myop describes the head as rotted to make the reader think of what the image is and not miss what the head has to do with the theme. Both authors use descriptive language to make a simple object contain a secret message. Cisneros and Walker both use imagery with these two objects so that it is subtle, but not so subtle that the reader misses an important lesson. Along with having similar use of imagery, they both create a similar theme. The theme in “Barbie-Q” is that in life, people strive for perfection, but at some point realize perfection can not be reached. In “The Flowers,” the message is that at some point people realize life is not as pure as they originally thought. These authors both have the idea to send the message that coming of age means realizing things that were not evident