East of eden

East of Eden


Imagery- Page 3- “I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers. I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds awaken in the summer—and what trees and seasons smelled like—how people looked and walked and smelled even. The memory of odors is very rich.”

By starting the text with a vivid description of the scenery and life in the Salinas valley Steinbeck captures the audience’s attention with his use of imagery. By making the reader interpret the setting and allowing them to smell the trees and the seasons, he enhances the beginning of the book by making the reader join into the text.

Imagery- Page 5- “Then June came the grasses headed out and turned brown, and the hills turned a brown which was not brown but a gold and saffron and red – an indescribable color.”

Another example of imagery in the first chapter of the book, which shows how Steinbeck enjoys the use of imagery to start his book. The use of imagery in t...