Structure/Narrative Point of view
-McCabe constructs his first person narrative in a stream of consciousness style
-Abrupt shifts from one place or time to another... KAIROTIC/ EPISODIC STYLE
-Highlights his lost, drifting condition
-This febrile (feverish) recollection of events highlights his LACK OF THOUGHT PROCESS
-At moments of high drama the grammatical structure disintegrates.
-Large 'slabs' of text are without punctuation
-Lack of speech marks. Direct speech of other figures are absorbed/incorporated/appropriated into his own direct speech
-Shows his inability to distinguish between his inner fantasies and exterior reality
-The other characters are denied autonomy. Highlights the EGOCENTRIC narrative style.
Language and imagery
-Hyperbole/wild exaggeration alongside bathos... stresses how he cannot grasp situations/inappropriate patterns of behaviour
-SPATIAL ORGANISATION ... i.e. the physical placement of Francie. McCabe often creates the a tableau of the outsider and insider
-Expletives, this casual use alerts us to violent/unstable tendencies
-TRAGICOMIC VEIN... misplaced language (comical).... longing to be accepted (pathos engendering)
-HALLUCINATORY LANGUAGE
-Nicknames, distancing himself. Disconnect
-Pig imagery** worn as a badge of honour.
-Onomatopoeia- focuses on senses/sounds rather than having emotional complexity. DELIBERATE ESCAPISM
-Comic book clichés
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