Imagery In The Seventh Man

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One literary device in “The Seventh Man” is imagery. An example of imagery occurs when the Author states “K. was always there, lying in the wave tip, grinning at me, his hand outstretched, beckoning. I couldn’t get that picture out of my mind.” (292-294) This is an example of imagery because the author clearly describes how he saw k. on his dream by using descriptive language. The author is saying that he can not get out of his mind the image of k. Inside the wave trying to drag the narrator into the wave. This is important because when a person cares for itselves and not about others as the narrator did, as a result that person can become traumatized and not be able to overcome what happened. Also sometimes the person you did not care about