n the back row a girl scribbles furiously in a fancy journal. Against the far wall a young man in sweat pants and a Minnesota Twins hat snores quietly—his desk empty, except for his head. In the front row Stevens spots Dana, the notorious overachiever, pretending to read Finnegans Wake.
The author describes the students in this classroom to sketch out an image of what the classroom looks like.
He strolls into his classroom wearing his uniform—faded black jeans that sag in the rear and a worn fleece pullover. He slings his bag onto the table up front and checks his watch—he’s five minutes late, as usual.
We gain an understanding to what type of personality Professor Stevens have- he's not precise about time, and he do whatever he wishes.
Fridays he breakfasts at Burger King before heading out to the lake, where he smokes cigarettes on the shore and ignores his wife’s phone calls.
The imagery that the author created suggested that Professor Steven isn't a very friendly, warm-blooded person. He often likes to sit by the lake alone- he even ignores his wife's calls.
Stevens spots the voice’s owner—a skinny young man in a Bob Dylan t-shirt, skin-tight jeans, and checkerboard-patterned Vans sneakers. Stevens looks down at his class roster.
This is an image created with direct descriptions of Bob's looks. It's amazing how a clear image can be created just through simple description like this.
He stares out the window that faces the street; it’s a still December night—no traffic, no sirens, no obnoxious noise or light. Across the street, a string of colored Christmas lights wrapped around a porch railing glow beneath a blanket of thick snow.
The way that the author created imagery without using direct descriptive words is amazing. Instead of describing the colors of the Christmas lights to create imagery, she used strong verbs to paint a bigger picture.