reaction paper

Michael Lee

Mrs. Morrell

English IV

September 4, 2012

Reaction Paper

            “Earth Without People” by Alan Weisman, this short story is about what would happen if there is no people in earth. It will be disaster on earth, all the animals will be death, and plant.

            Author used imagery as a many senses and meaning. In the story, “Dazzling white squadrons of red-crowned cranes that glide over the bulrushes in perfect formation, touching down so lightly that they detonate no land mines.” This quote has touch and sight sense in one quote; the imagery in this quote shows how sensitivity and how it looks. “New York’s architecture isn’t as flammable as San Francisco’s clapboard Victorians.” This one has sight or it can be a sound, the word “flammable” makes sentence more realistic. Another example from story, “The invincible cockroach,” this quote has a sight; the word “invincible” describe the cockroach, it gives readers more about that subject.

Imagery is 5 senses that makes following sentence more realistic, interest, explain, and more detail about the subject. Also, reader can visualize a picture of what author is try to describe. Either use imagery or not, that makes story huge different even if it’s same story. So, imagery is very important for writing. Imagery effect makes easy to understand the story or poem, symbol, and reader can draw a picture on reader’s mind.