On one end, he would write in short sentences, creating a fast pace, like that of the mind of someone with Autism. On the other end, he wrote long, descriptive sentences that described the whole process his brain went through to decide how to react to something or come to a decision. From the memoir, “Someone got killed. Wow! I’m glad I didn’t get killed. I’m glad Varmint or my parents didn’t get killed. I’m glad all my friends are okay. He must have been a pretty dumb kid, playing on the train tracks. I would never get run over by a train like that. I’m glad I’m okay. At the end, I smiled with relief,” (pg. 30) shows Robison’s way of reacting when someone mentioned that a child was killed. Smiling at a comment like that would be taken as extremely rude, but in this quote Robison explains how in his mind, he was just thinking about how he was glad that he and all his friends and family were okay. Robison also creates a connection with the reader with vernacular diction throughout the memoir. He retells his story with, in a way, some comedic twist as halts the story temporarily to talk directly to the
On one end, he would write in short sentences, creating a fast pace, like that of the mind of someone with Autism. On the other end, he wrote long, descriptive sentences that described the whole process his brain went through to decide how to react to something or come to a decision. From the memoir, “Someone got killed. Wow! I’m glad I didn’t get killed. I’m glad Varmint or my parents didn’t get killed. I’m glad all my friends are okay. He must have been a pretty dumb kid, playing on the train tracks. I would never get run over by a train like that. I’m glad I’m okay. At the end, I smiled with relief,” (pg. 30) shows Robison’s way of reacting when someone mentioned that a child was killed. Smiling at a comment like that would be taken as extremely rude, but in this quote Robison explains how in his mind, he was just thinking about how he was glad that he and all his friends and family were okay. Robison also creates a connection with the reader with vernacular diction throughout the memoir. He retells his story with, in a way, some comedic twist as halts the story temporarily to talk directly to the