Office
The main office is described as follows: “The desk still harbors some of the items the long-ago director used daily. A magnetized rectangle for paper clips. A yellow pad for notes. A calendar seventeen years old. There was once a two-way mirror in here, so the campers couldn’t see the director observing them eating below in the common area.” The narrator has built imagery through the use of adjectives such as magnetized rectangle, yellow, two-way mirror and common. These adjectives are used to describe some of the items in the room. Their use creates the mental image of the main office in the mind of the reader.
Description of the Lodge
The lodge is described as follows: “Despite the high ceiling and open room, it’s always hottest in here. Malorie thinks it’s because of the tall windows, despite having painted those windows black long ago.” The lodge was part of the rooms at Camp Yadin where Malorie and her children resided. The narrator has built imagery in the description of the lodge through the use of adjectives. They serve the purpose of describing the ceiling, the color of the windows, and their height.
Description of the door
Malorie is afraid that the census may might get into their house because their door was thin and old. The description of the door as thin and old builds imagery. The visualization of the frail door makes the reader feel the emotions of the characters. Malorie and her children fear that the door will be knocked down by the census man. The imagery that is created is through the use of adjectives that describe the state of the door.
The Bucket
The bucket that Tom uses to fetch water from the river is described as follows: " Tom begins to bring the bucket up. It’s a standard crank, made of steel, and he’s repaired it more than once. He oils it regularly, too, as the camp giveth in all ways; a supply cellar in the main lodge that brought Malorie to tears ten years ago. " The imagery is built by the use of adjectives such as steel. The added details about how Tom oiled it also serve in building imagery.
