How does Louise Erdrich use imagery in The Bingo Palace?

Erdrich uses imagery as a tool throughout the novel. Her use of basic language and vivid imagery highlights each character. She uses color descriptions to paint a picture of the native clothing, the landscape, and even the tones of the characters' skin. Animal comparisons are a type of imagery used to tell the characters' personalities. In reading, we can easily imagine the sly and calculated ways of Lulu, the cat, as well as the power and presence of Fleur the bear, and the grace and beauty of Shawnee, the panther and the butterfly. Erdrich utilizes abstract imagery to describe unknown entities like the spirit, whose nurturing brings Lipsha back to life after June's drowning attempt.