“The wheels of heavily loaded wagons sank deep into the mud and left gaping lacerations, adding to the list of wounds to be filled, soothed, and sobbed” (Larson 228).
Larson’s use of metaphors and personification here extremely stresses the damage done to the park by the rain. The comparison of the harm done to the park to wounds on people speaks to the reader making the damages seem that much worse. By indepthly describing the wounds to the park Larson gives the park human-like characteristics. The park cannot actually be wounded; however, by giving these qualities the park seems more fragile. By doing this Larson emphasizes the challenge it will be to make the park whole and beautiful.
“No more dealing with newsboys who did not know their…show more content… The description of the disgusting yellow muck from paving roads focuses on the grossness of the Chicago streets. “Mortified horses,” obviously meaning manure describes the unbearable stench of the city and uncleanliness of the roads. The parallelism of “no more dealing” further shows Pendergast’s lust to be corporation counsel. By combining the descriptive imagery and parallelism Larson gets the reader to want Prenderghast to achieve his goals.
“Lights blazed everywhere as shawls of rain unfurled around them. The ponds that had replace Olmstead’s elegant paths shuttered under the impact of a billion falling droplets” (Larson 230).
The imagery in the passage paints a dreadful picture of rain falling down relentlessly on the unfinished park. The use of the words “shawls” and “unfurled” create a picture of the rain blanketing everything it touches. The beautiful paths that are covered by the innumerable amount of rain droplets further make the scene dreary and hopeless. The reader can picture the impact of the droplets on the path and the small ponds taking up the once graceful paths’ places in the park, making the reader feel as if it is inevitable that the park will be a
