How does Bernard Malamud use imagery in The Assistant?

Imagery:

"He [Morris] labored long hours, was the soul of honesty - he could not escape his honesty, it was bedrock; to cheat would cause an explosion in him, yet he trusted cheaters - coveted nobody's nothing and always got poorer."

"Her body was young, soft, lovely, the breasts like small birds in flight, her ass like a flower."