Eastern Papuans
The narrator describes the physical appearance of the Eastern Papuans as, ‘… the generally smaller, lighter and frizzly haired races.’ This description has achieved imagery because of the narrator’s use of descriptive words such as thinner and lighter.
Western Papuans
The narrator, distinguishes the peoples of the West and East through their physical appearance which is remarkably different. Malinowski described the western people as, ‘… a relatively dark-skinned, tall and frizzly-haired race.’ This description has imagery that is reinforced by the use of adjectives such as tall and dark to describe the Western Papuans.
The people of Boyowa
Malinowski describes them as follows, ‘There are men and women of tall stature, fine bearing, and delicate features with a clear-cut aquiline profile and high foreheads, well formed nose and chin, and an open intelligent expression.’ The narrator achieves imagery in this description through the use of adjectives such as high and tall to describe the Boyowa people.
The sea
The narrator described it as, ' ...an opaque, greenish sea ,whose monotony is broken only by a few sandbanks, some bare and awash, others with a few pandanus trees squatting on their air roots , high in the sand.' This narration contains imagery which has been achieved by the use of adjectives to describe the sea.
