Absolution

What is an example of imagery in Fitzgerald's, Absolution?

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True to Fitzgerald's iconic style, the narration is rich with ornate description. Even the simplest of images is described with weighty detail. For example, on the story's first page, when depicting Father Schwartz's walk from the church back to his home, the narrator says: "At twilight the laughter and the voices were quieter, but several times he had walked past Romberg's Drug Store when it was dusk and the yellow lights shone inside and the nickel taps of the soda-fountain were gleaming, and he had found the scent of cheap toilet soap desperately sweet upon the air" (73).

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