How does V. S. Naipaul use imagery in A House for Mr Biswas?

The narrative is rich with imagery and descriptive details, while the dialogue conveys the non-standard dialect of the people of Trinidad, and it is employed in a way that adds depth to the characters.

But in the box-board temple at the end of the ruined, overgrown garden there was no Hari to say prayers for her and the house. Bells were rung and gongs were struck, but the luck, the virtue has gone out of the family.