Language
The language used in the short story “You can’t touch me” by Blake Morrison is simple and colloquial, reflecting the background of the character-narrator Ian Goade. The text mixes dialogue with first-person narrative passages, making the narrative more appealing. The most important features of the language are the use of idioms such as “settling the score” (l. 152), as well as colloquial and slang words like in the following examples: ““What the hell’s going on?” I said, striding across.” (l. 25); ““Youse always blaming me, sir.”” (l. 40)
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Imagery
Imagery is created in the short story mostly related to the characters and the action itself and less related to the setting.
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Here, we will focus on the following elements of imagery:
- Ellipses
- Metaphors
- Repetition
- Rhetorical questions
