The Morning Noises
The usual morning noises that Andrei wakes up to daily depict the sense of hearing to readers. The author writes, "The usual morning noises waked Andrei: Cheerful conversation in the toilet line, which already filled the corridor, the desperate crying of a child behind the thin partition wall, and his neighbor's snoring.”
The imagery of sight
The description of Andre's surrounding environment is vital in aiding readers to visualize how the inside of the train. The author writes, "Andrei swung his legs down onto the floor and felt for his shoes. Petr Sergeievich was still snoring on the bunk bed opposite. Judging from the energetic heaving of his shoulders and backside under the sheet marked with blue triangular stamps, he intended to spend at least another hour in the embrace of sleep.”
The tumbler–gambler
The physical appearance of the tumbler-gambler creates a visual picture of his appearance to readers. The author says, "The Tumbler-gambler was so old and wrinkled, he looked like a half-dead monkey, and an empty beer can for alms would have suited him far better than the three small plastic cups that he moved slowly around a piece of cardboard.”
The imagery of smell.
The sense of smell is depicted to readers when the author describes the train’s narrow room. The author writes, “The restaurant, a long narrow room with a dozen cramped little tables, was still empty, apart from a smell of burning. Whatever that it was that burned must have already been rotten, Andrei thought, as he sat in his usual place by the window, with his back to the cashier.”
