Exhausted
Biff leaned “against the wall” and breathed “in and out- in and out.” The room was “very empty and quiet.” The minutes “lingered” and he let his head “sag forward.” All motions “seemed slowly to be leaving the room.” “The counter, faces, the booths and tables, the radio in the corner, whirring fans on the ceiling – all seemed to be very faint and still.” He “must have dozed.” Biff’s “wits came back to him slowly and he looked up to see what was wanted.” This imagery evokes a feeling of great exhaustion.
Death and fire
Mick used to attend free art classes where she painted a large number of different pictures. One of them depicted “a big fire on a Broad Street.” The flames “were bright green and orange and Mr. Brannon’s restaurant and the First National Bank were about the only building left.” Imaginary people “were lying dead in the streets and others were running for their lives.” One man was “in his nightshirt and a lady was trying to carry a bunch of bananas with her.” This imagery is supposed to evoke a feeling of dread, for the described picture was created by a teenage girl. One might only try to guess what was troubling her.
Confused
Mick was the black sheep of the family. Although she pretended that it didn’t wound her deeply, she found that there were moments when she needed their attention, support and love. After an incident with a violin, she went to her room and started “hitting her things with her fists.” Her face felt “like it was scattered in pieces and she couldn’t keep it straight.” That feeling was “worse” that “being hungry for any dinner.” This imagery evokes a feeling of despair.
