King opens the chapter, What Writing Is, with an image. What is the image and how is it described? In what ways is this image different from other images presented in books? What is King's motive in doing this? Do you think this is an effective way to all

The image King gives is an image of a cage on a table covered with a red tablecloth containing a rabbit with a number on its back. Most writing books contain images described in detail (or graphic ones) for the student writer to use in the writing exercise. King's motive was to allow the reader to use his or her imagination to re-create a scene as the writer visualized it. Answers will vary about whether the student believes this is effective or not.