In the short story “The Eclipse”, Augusto Monterroso uses heavy imagery to help convey his message to his audience, which was essential given the length of this piece. One example of this imagery was “Arrazola’s heart spilled its fiery blood on the sacrificial stone”. His choice of words allow us to be imaginative and paint a mental picture of the story, causing us to view the text in a certain way and follow along nicely with what may be the authors intentions.