The bean trees: imagery

I believe that the author used the element of imagery so heavily to enhance the books potential, and really create the scene. By doing thins like describing people and they way that they look, and describing scenes the author really sets the mood, and gives a great mental picture in the mind of the reader. I think that that's the main reason that the author chose imagery for the main literary element, just so that the mental picture could be made in clear view for the reader.
I think that the author might also have used this element, because she wanted the story to be full of life, and seem realistic. I think that her way of doing this was by creating the scene and describing how she saw fit in the best way that she could, so that the book would be more exciting and/or intriguing.