Three Guineas Imagery

Three Guineas Imagery

Imagery of touch

The author feels terrible that society does not take women's education seriously. For instance, the author notes that the budget allocated for girls' education when compared to boys'. Anne says, “I always feel the defects of my education most painfully when I got out. According to the author, it is painful when children are treated based on their genders instead of giving them equal opportunities and access to education.

The imagery of hearing

The author is surprised that people avoid talking about controversial topics, especially girl child education. When the author comes across a group of people discussing current issues, she listens and realizes that they are ignorant. The narrator says, “They talked agreeably on current topics, carefully avoiding controversial subjects. What impressed me was their ignorance and indifference concerning anything outside their circle.”

The imagery of Christianity

The author depicts the sense of sight when describing the light that never filters into any national church dogma. The author writes, “Already I have comprehended a light which never will filter into the dogma of any national church: namely, that one of Christ’s essential commands was: Passivity at any price!”

The imagery of biographers

The author reads biographers' minds and realizes that no one is ready to explain why war should not be stooped. The author's description helps readers understand why current solutions cannot stop. The author writes, “But besides these pictures of other people’s minds – these biographies and histories-there are also other pictures-pictures of facts; photographs.”

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