After reading “The Judge's Wife”, a story by Isabel Allende, the reader's attention comes to the fact that this is not a predictable or unpredictable story. Allende captures the readers interest by starting his story with “Nicholas Vidal always knew he would lose his head for a woman” (Allende 370). Allende uses this straightforward writing technique that, in the first paragraph, predicts the event with which the story ends, but somehow magically makes the reader question the ending as if they never knew it. It is believable that this is a method of distraction. Allende wants the reader to have the whole picture of the story in his mind by focusing exclusively on the words that follow his eyes. It's a commendable technique that Allende executes flawlessly. So what is this technique that is so complex and simple at the same time? Well, it will take a little explaining, but in the smallest description, this technique can be summarized and identified as imagery. From the author's brain to the audience's knees, Allende sculpts an incredible visualization where this story belongs, and not for a second does anyone read it and imaginably see anything other than what Allende intended for him. Throughout the story, Allende's use of colorful words and expressive language to describe the setting and characters is where he best presents his imagery and distinctive writing style to readers. Isabel Allende captivates readers in her narrative by using creative details to paint a visual representation of her characters along with an unpredictable plot. Imagery is defined as the use of figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in a way that appeals to our physical senses. The author, Isabel A......middle of paper......tempting. However, this tale could be explained to anyone in so many details of Allende's short universe, and that person would think it was a five hundred page book. He uses images in simple shapes giving an intense dark feeling just through his words, and uses images in complex shapes giving certain explanations through his entire paragraphs. Allende uses imagery in many different uses as a hook for the reader's mouth. One might wonder if his work in “The Judge’s Wife” is just one example among many common ones, and can we simply assume that the images are complex? Maybe we're just assuming that Allende did all this on purpose. However, perhaps the truth is that every reading is accompanied by images and we interpret stories through our imagination. Regardless, his attempts and successes throughout the story we have here were obvious and entertaining.