The imagery of hearing
Xan Meo hears chronic howls moments later after going to Hollywood. The howling of electrified distress depicts a sense of hearing. The author writes, "Xan Meo went to Hollywood. And, minutes later, with urgent speed and accompanied by chronic howls of electrified distress, Xan Meo went to the hospital. Male violence did it."
The couple
The description of Xan Meo and his wife, Russia, depicts both the senses of sight and hearing. The author writes, “The couple stood embracing in a high ceilinged hallway. Now the husband with a movement of the arm caused his keys to sound in the pocket.”
The imagery of kissing
When Xan kisses Sophie on the forehead, he feels a faint circus smell. The author writes, "He kissed Sophie’s forehead (a faint circus smell); she responded by skidding a wet thumb across her cheek and into her mouth. And then, he crouched to kiss Billie.”
The imagery of sight
The simile of the airplanes used by the author in his narrative depicts the sense of sight. The author writes, "Dusk was now falling, but the sky was majestically bright; and the contrails of the more distant airplanes were like incandescent spermatozoa, sent to fertilize the universe. “
