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Visual Imagery In 'Horses' By Oates

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The usage of visual imagery can go a long way. Imagery helps portray the scenery; however it also helps portray the characteristics of the speaker, Judd. For an insistence, “Fast flowing clear water, shallow, shale beneath, and lots of leaves. Sky the color of lead and the light mostly drained so I couldn’t see my face only the dark shape of a head that could be anybody’s head”. Right now the scenery is peaceful because Judd is just watching the water but unable to see the face reflecting in the water. “…the water gets slower and slower and you’re the one who begins to move… I leaned father and father over the rail staring into the water and I was moving somehow rising into the air, helpless in that instant”. Readers see that Judd bubble is starting to crack. The image shows a panicking and scared speaker picturing the body always moving, helpless to stop as the realization that the body is always moving forward dying without anybody really noticing. …show more content…

Oates uses visual imagery, portraying the different scenes in the eyes of Judd Mulvaneys, with the purpose of readers easily seeing the cracks forming in the child’s life and the start of transformation of a naïve child into a not so naïve

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