Imagery In To Kill A Mockingbird

Harper Lee uses imagery to intensify the mood of terror and suspense as Jem trespassed on the Radley property. In the story Scout says, “I tripped, the roar of a shotgun shattered the neighborhood.” This quote shows how when scout tripped the shotgun was so loud that it disturbed the whole neighborhood. Lee writes, “at first I thought it was a tree, but there was no wind blowing, and tree trunks never walked. From Scout’s point of view, we see that she describes the man as a tall tree that was moving in the wind. Another example would be when the author describes Jem, it says,”Jem’s white shirt-tai dipped and bobbed like a small ghost dancing away to escape the coming morning.” By using imagery, the reader understands how quick Jem was running.
Don’t light that thing dill, you’ll stink up this whole end of town”. This helps us picture what Dill was trying to make and he purpose of doing it. Lee writes that scouts says, “ A faint breeze stirred and cooled the sweat running down my sides”. This helps the reader picture how nervous scout was and what she was feeling.an example of how the authors uses imagery would be, “we strolled silently down the sidewalk, listening to porch swings creaking with the weight of the neighborhood, listening to the soft night-murmurs of the grown people on our street. These details help us imagine the suspense the characters were seeing and hearing when they were walking down the streets. Also it gave the readers a suspicion on what they though what was going to happen next. Furthermore, these examples help the readers understand what the characters were seeing in their point of view. Also the Imagery in the quotes give the readers a more detailed look at the characters point