Imagery

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In the passage, Capote uses imagery to further his overall attitude towards Holcomb as unimportant and desolate. The sensory images used by Capote in the first paragraph indicate a view of Kansas that differed from his view of Holcomb. Capote says of the surrounding Kansas area that "the views are awesomely extensive...a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greem temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them." The scenery described by Capote evoke an image in the mind of the reader of Kansas as a majestic landscape. Transitioning into the next paragraph, Capote begins his description of Holcomb with the buildings "The depot... with its peeling sulphur colored paint is equally melancholy" and "one story frame affairs, with front porches". These quotes give the reader a sense of isolation and desperaty. The author uses imagery to further the contrast between surrounding Kansas and Holcomb to ultimately overemphasize the normally and desolation contained in Holcomb. The author concludes his description of Holcomb with "like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama never stopped there." This quote first evokes an image of a settlement but then as the quote concludes it returns Holcomb to unimportant and ordinary.