Imagery

"What happend next took place in an instant. Charles raised his arm; and quick as a flash, Francis, who was standing closest to him, threw a glass of wine in his face. At the same time Henry sprang from his chair and rushed in. There were four pops in rapid succession, like a cap gun. With the second pop, I heard a windowpane shatter. And with the third I was conscious of a warm, stinging sensation in my abdomen, the left of my navel" (Tartt, 534).
Charles has finally lost it and this occurs right before Henry's death. All of the images have been about death, which is warped all around this novel. This is significant because the incident is caused because of Bunny's death, and leads to Henry's death. Henry's death ultimately leads to the group separating. This is an image right in the middle of cause-and-effect.

"The back doors of the hearse were opened and the coffin slid out. Silently, the party drifted after as it was borned alot into the open field, bobbing across the sea of grass like a little boat. yellow ribbons fluttered gaily from the lid. The sky was hostile and enormous. We passed one grave, a child's, from which grinned a faded plastic jack-o'-lantern" (Tartt, 418).

This is significant because Bunny's body is being carried to his burial site. I feel like the mention of the child's grave had an emotional appeal and it saddened This made me think that possibly Tartt feels that Bunny is innocent just like the child. Or, it could be ironic that such an evil person as Bunny has the opportunity be be laid to rest near the burial grounds of an innocent child.

"You see, then, how quick it was. And it is impossible to slow down this film to examine individual frame.s I see now what I saw then, flashing by with the swift, deceptive ease of an accident: shower of gravel, windmilling arms, a hang that claws at a branch and misses. A barrage of frightened crows explodes from the underbrush, cawing and dark against the sky. Cut to Henry, stepping back from the edge. Then the film slaps up in the projector and the screen goes black" (Tartt, 276.)

Bunny's death. It's sad, and everything seems to be going in slow motion for Richard. This image is significant because it's finally what we've been waiting for the entire novel. Bunny finally dies and we get to witness it. However, it's not as long as drawn out as expected. Even though it is moving in slow motion for Richard, it's not that slow. I feel this is significant because right after the death, they all act normal and keep on with their lives. Murder is nothing big anymore.

"Things started to come back. I looked down at my hand and saw it was covered with blood, and worse than blood. Then Charles stepped forward and knelt at something at my feet, and I bent down, too, and saw that it was a man. He was dead. He was about forty years old and had on a yellow plaid shirt-you know those woolen shirts they wear up here- and his neck was broken and unpleasant to say, his brains were all over his face. Really, I do not know how that happend. There was a dreadful mess. I was drenched in blood and there was even blood on my glasses" (Tartt, 169).

This image was one of the one's that stood out the most to me because Henry describes with great detail how the man died. This was the turning point for everyone, and it was what the entire book was leading to-well almost leading to. Because of this event, the friends are tied together by this secret, and Richard and Bunny are thrown into it also. Bunny is murdered because he can't keep his mouth shut about another murder, which is very significant. Also, after this dead body comes Bunny, and eventually Henry.