The imagery of bullet-proofed glass
The narrator is using the bullet-proofed glass wall to depict the sense of sight to the reader. The description of the position where the narrator and John sits is vivid and this helps the reader to visualize the setting of this story. The imagery also aids the reader to comprehend that the police post is next to the city hall. The narrator says, “Jonny would chide me as I’d sit down at my desk behind the bullet-proofed, glass walled dispatch console that separated city hall from the police station.”
The Imagery of Hearing
The narrator depicts the sense of hearing to the reader when Jonny listens to the old lady’s story about the disappearance of her cat. The imagery of hearing brings the attention of the reader closer to what is happening in the narration. The narrator writes, “He’d listened to an old lady’s tearful tale of her lost cat and dispatch a patrol car to help find it.” Jonny was ready to listen to people’s problems and offer them the best advice he could. The narrator continues to say, “Whoever walked through the front door, whoever called the station, was subjected to the to the wisdom, advice, and judgment of desk patrolman Jonny Rogerson.”
The imagery of Fair Tales
The police and military tales told to the narrator by Jonny depict the sense of hearing to the reader. Jonny told the narrator stories about the challenges and obstacles that police go through in the line of duty. The narrator says, “I would listen, mesmerized, and then later, when I was alone, I would project myself into his stories and become the valiant hero cop.”
