The Use of Imagery in Goldsworthys Novel Maestro :: Literary Techniques, Literary Device

what is imagery?, Imagery is the use of vivid description, usually rich in sensory words, to create pictures, or images, to stimulate your memory. These memories can be positive or negative which authors use to connect and engage a reader by describing the five sense’s, hearing, taste, touch, smell and sight. By using imagery a author can draw the reader inside a book making him/her feel connected to the character, place, thing or event and to try and make the reader feel or see what the author wants the reader to see. This is achieved in the novel maestro, written by Goldsworthy. The short novel, is divided into seven sections which talks about Paul Crabbe development as a person and as a musician. Each section also unfolds further information about the life and career of Edward Keller. Edward Keller is a Viennese pianist who teaches Paul which is his student. It is written from a journal sporadically kept by Paul in his youth but edited by him as a disillusioned adult, a fter Keller's death. The first main image outlined by Goldsworthy is when Paul first meets Keller and a instant impression is gained. leaving the responder with a clear image of Keller that is remembered through out the novel. Keller is from a European decent struggling to fit into the town which differs him from Paul , these differences are reminded to the reader through out the book . It is because of these differences of this stereotypical European that gives Paul and the reader such a strong image of Keller which is kept in both the reader and Paul’s mind. This variance is given to the reader when Goldsworthy tells the reader of Paul’s first impression of Keller: a boozers . incandescent glow. The pitted sun-coarsened skin-a cheap, ruined leather. And the eyes: an old mans wobbling jellies(3). This can be related to the movie-The Wogboy, (directed by Aleksi Vellius), which gives great insight into other's perceptions of the stereotypical personas in today's society. The â€Å"wogb oy† can be related to Goldsworthy’s novel, two of the main characters are from two different backgrounds the women being from Australia and the man from European who lives like a typical wog in an Australian city.