The imager of prison
The author’s opening statement depicts the sense of sight to readers because he describes the prison where he is held. The author writes, “In this enormous prison, where each cell houses a quantity of human suffering, it is almost indecent to talk about oneself.”
The imagery of sight
The author’s description of those sentenced to death paints a gloomy picture of the victims as they await their end. The author writes, "The division of those condemned to death is on the ground floor. They are eight of them in there, their ankles chained together, waiting for their reprieve or their end.”
The imagery of women’s torture
The narrator describes the conditions women prisoners are subjected to paint a clear picture for readers to understand the brutal nature of the paratroopers. The narrator writes, "On the other side of the wall, in the wing reserved for women, there are young girls of whom no one has given way: Djamila Bouhired, Elyette Loup, Nassima Habla, Melika Khene, Lucic Coscas, Colette and many others: undressed, beaten, insulated, by sadistic torturers, they too have been submitted to the water and the electricity."
