Favorite Passages: Strong Imagery

[Cairo]

Hello, everyone. (: Cherry here!

I'm wondering...as far as imagery goes, what are your favorite passages from novels that you've read?

I have a strong desire to illustrate a scene from a novel (if I wasn't so intent on becoming a chemist and my parents would let me, I would love to illustrate books), but so far I haven't found any specific passages that have caught my eye. I hope to find one here, since there will be people coming from all sorts of reading backgrounds that will hopefully reply. (:

Thank you for any and all help! (: I'll be sure to show the finished product (the painting will probably be in acrylics...hopefully I'll get to stretch the canvas myself) if anyone is interested in seeing it.

If I can find a passage that I can deem as my "favorite" as far as imagery goes, I'll be sure to share as well. (:

[mayneverhave]

I find a few particular scenes quite moving.

1. In The Great Gatsby, Chapter 5 opens with the narrator coming home thinking his house on fire, while it is only Gatsby's mansion lit up from head to toe, as he absentmindedly wanders and looks through rooms. I always thought the image of Gatsby's aimless actions and distracted thoughts in this scene to be perfectly rendered. Brilliant, Mr. Fitzgerald.

2. The Catcher in the Rye: Holden Caulfield standing by himself in the snow watching the other students down at the football game. The whole image is a perfect metaphor for Holden's aloofness and distance from society, particularly a happy, entertained society.

3. In Ulysses: Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom both notice the same cloud pass over the sun and are depressed by it. Stephen remains depressed (as he is generally melancholy) while Bloom cheers himself up. I thought this particular instance (especially) was a mark of Joyce's genius as a novelist.

[antiprefix]

Tender is the Night
Rosemary's sudden realization of her love for Dick Diver. Moreover, the point when she abruptly tells Dick she is immutably in love with him. I feel this epitomizes both romance and how Fitzgerald feels about love. The fact this takes place on a beach in France only adds to the majestic vibe.

The Trial
Josef K.'s meeting with the painter, in attempt to discover more about his trial, perfectly illustrates the anxiety of human interaction.

Good thread.

[Sir Bartholomew]

how about Mrs Dalloway