Sag Harbor Imagery

Sag Harbor Imagery

The imagery of sight

The narrator's description of the sun, road, and sky depicts the reader's sense of sight. The narrator says, "The same sun wrapped in shiny paper, same soft benevolent sky, same gravel road and road that sooner or later skinned you." Through this imagery, readers can visualize the environmental appearance when the narrator and his friends go out to have fun. The narrator and his friends like going out when it is sunny, and they love it.

The Imagery of Hearing

The significant economic activity in the town of Sag Harbor is fishing. The narrator and his friends love fishing, and they do it for fun. The author depicts the sense of hearing to the reader when he writes, "When did you get out? Was the sound of our trap biting shut; we took the bait year after year, pure pinned joy in the town of Sag Harbor." The sound of the narrator's trap biting engages the reader to participate in the conversation that is going.

The imagery of the car in the driveway

The narrator's picture of the car in the drive depicts the sense of sight to the reader. The narrator says, "Saw a car in their driveway. Even better. There was no greater truth than a car in a driveway. A car in the driveway was an invitation to knock on the door and get down to the business of summer. Knock on the door and watch it relevant under your knuckles – once you were out, the door stayed unlocked until you closed up the house."

The imagery of traffic jams

Benji says that heavy traffic jams characterize the town. One must be very strategic and tactical to maneuver through the jams. For instance, those working in officers often trick their friends that they have engagements to leave the office early before traffic snarl-ups. The narrator hints that during summer, one can hear how people strategize on how to slap the traffic jams. The narrator says, "Throughout summer, you heard a lot of different strategies of how to beat the traffic or at least slap around a little."

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