Things Fall Apart Imagery Chapters 15-18

While Achebe uses imagery from all five senses quite often throughout the book, the one that most stands out is smell imagery. When describing the village, Achebe explains: "A vague scent of life and green vegetation was diffused in the air" (130). The description of the village is best brought across by the sense of smell. The reader can relate to the smell of the village like a warm summer day in America. Everybody knows the smell of wet grass in the morning. The smell of a market place full of life. This personalization can be different to each reader, but it is an endearing description.https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwiuw83LguLMAhXFYCYKHZfFDDAQjBwIBA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwide-wallpapers.net%2Fdownload%2Fwet-grass-3-wide-wallpaper-1680x1050.jpg&psig=AFQjCNGud1lqJJpGInF3hmuKIBFkDLMX-w&ust=1463605781045358