How does the author use imagery in the novel, Weetzie Bat?

The author uses imagery to evoke feelings of wonder and anticipation, sweetness and surprise. This language also colors the perceptions of places in the story: Dirk's grandmother's home is "a Hollywood cottage with one of those fairytale roofs that look like someone spilled silly sand," while Charlie Bat lives in a "dark apartment" in New York, a city "where the subways made [Weetzie's] nerves feel like a charm bracelet of plastic skeletons jangling on a chain." Both descriptions evoke clear pictures and show Weetzie's feelings about the places at the same time.