The imagery of a laboratory coat
The narrator describes his late father's physical appearance, which depicts the sense of sight to readers. The narrator says, "As the founder and, to my knowledge, a sole practitioner of the field of liberation psychology, he liked to walk around the house aka the Skinner box in a laboratory coat.”
The imagery of cow manure
The narrator’s description of the Farms place within the Dickens City depicts the sense of smell to readers. The narrator writes, “You know when you have entered the Farms, because the city sidewalks, along with your rims, car stereo, nerve, and progressive voting record, will have vanished into air thick with the smell of cow manure and, if the air is blowing the right direction-good weed.”
The imagery of grown men (sight)
Grown men are seen pedaling dirty bikes, which depicts the sense of sight to readers. The narrator writes, “Grown men slowly pedal dirty bikes and fixes through streets clogged with gaggles and conveys every type of farm bird from chickens to peacock. They ride by with no hands, counting small stacks of bills, looking up just long enough to raise a curious eyebrow and mouth.”
The onlookers
The narrator creates an analogy to describe his father's parenting style, which helps readers visualize how his dad was tactical. The narrator says, "He replicated the infamous Kitty Genovese, who is 1964, was robbed, raped, and stabbed to death in the apathetic streets of New York, her plaintiff psychology 101 textbook cries for help ignored by dozens of onlookers and neighborhood residents."
