In the book The Secret Life of Bees, there is a good use of imagery within it. Imagery is the use of sensory details in a literary work (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell). In The Secret Life of Bees the author Sue Monk Kidd does a great job in using imagery.
After Lily and Rosaleen leave Sylvan to go to Tiburon, South Carolina the place that Lily believes to hold secrets to her mothers past. They are welcomed into the home of a trio of black beekeeping sisters which then unlocks secrets about Lily's mother she herself didn't expect.
This is an excerpt from the book where Lily and Rosaleen first walk up to the beekeepers house.
"The woman moved along a row of white boxes that bordered the woods beside the pink house, a house so pink it remained a scorched shock on the back of my eyelids after I looked away. She was tall, dressed in white, wearing a pith helmet with veils that floated across her face, settled around her shoulders, and railed down her back. She looked like an African bride." (pg. 67)
This is a very good example of the use of imagery because it describes a lot to do with sight and when you read it you are actually able to easily picture the scene in your mind and that is the point of imagery, to actually be able to use your senses while reading.
You're right! Imagery is well used here. Great post.
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