Poop! Rats! Son Of A Biscuit!

I decided to analyze Runyon's word choice throughout the book. I could see the change of words every time his emotions changed. Sometimes they made me laugh, other times they made me feel the same way he was describing himself and some times I just sat there saying, "Calm down Brenner." Runyon changes his attitude and emotions very often ranging from being angry to being horny. In every change of emotions, Brent uses his 'vast knowledge' of vocabulary to describe himself and his feeling about things and people around him. I have also seen that he somehow always has this same emotion to specific topics or persons. Brent is always angry talking about his accident to psychologists or explaining what has happened. When he talks about girls or the nurses in his life he has a lusty mindset thinking about his fantasies with them. And finally he expresses his grief, though very little, when he figures out the pain he has created because of the accident. The emotions can be different from each other but the words Runyon expresses at each different moment don't always change.

"That shit really pisses me off. Jesus Christ. Don't fucking talk to me about that shit." (p 309). I have seen that Brent curses a lot when he is angry. Well who doesn't? I can say that that doesn't surprise me. Though it does surprise me that he decides to put so much in the text. Sometimes I just have to laugh at the spontaneous bad words thrown to the reader. "God that feels so good. Jesus. God, I'm getting such a boner. I hope the towel isn't sticking straight up. Is it sticking straight up? Jesus, it is." (p 250). The teenager's mind at work. The choice of 'God' and 'Jesus' shows the reader the embarrassment he has towards his horny thoughts on the masseuse. I have seen that Runyon uses 'Jesus' both when he is angry and when he is embarrassed or fantasizing. Though looking at the context, you can figure the meaning behind the word.

Runyon's choice of words are unique and simple. He shows the thinking of the teenager he was and the one I am. I feel I can relate with Brent through his story by the way he thinks, speaks and acts. It seems word choice can control things in many ways.