Imagery when used correctly can turn a good book but if used incorrectly it can tear a story apart. The most

effective form of imagery is one that allows the reader to quickly picture the image the author is trying to portray

. If the image requires too much thought it often disturbs the flow of the passage. Gabriel Garcia Marquez's

images were extreamly effective, they create lasting impressions in the readers mind and allow us have a great

understanding of each character's personality.

Garcia Marquez used imagery to describe each one of the major characters at least twice throughout

the book. Many of these characters names are imagery in and of themselfs. For example Santiago Nasar is

associated with Christ (Nasar suggests Nazarin). The fact that his death is foretold and the public nature

of his murder reinforces him as a Christ figure.

Garcia Marquez uses imagery the most at the beginning of chapter 2 to introduce us to Bayardo

San Roman. "He had the waist of a novice bullfighter, golden eyes and skin slowly roasted like saltpeter".

the reader a feeling of just how devastating it was for her to lose her son. My favorite image in which the author

requires you to use your imagination. This image is a bit out of the ordinary and makes Bayardo all the more

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her son. An alternative would have been to say that she has not been the same since. The eternal headache gives

illustrates feeling is when Dr.Dioniso Iguran on the subject of the widower Xious selling his house said "He

The image which most appealed to me throughout the whole book is "trying to put the broken mirror of memory

chord around her neck". Not only does this image tell us about how Angela was raised but it also implies that

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