In every single story, an author uses their personal style or in other words, diverse literary tools to recount their stories. Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis uses these implements in his story, “A Canary’s Ideas”. During the course of this short story, Machado uses Psychological Realism to make the reader question one’s private thoughts. Machado’s imagery in this story makes the reader question whether or not birds actually talk. “A Canary’s Ideas” encompasses subtle irony, varying between verbal, situational, and theatrical. The final means that Machado implements in his writing is the tone of the story. First and foremost, where would the literary world be without the use of imagery in novels and short stories? Without colorful word