Read this excerpt from "The Savoy."
But my angels had it in for me that night. Those bandmen played faster and harder, like their very
souls were on the line, and my leg couldn't keep up. It crumpled. I landed hard on my tailbone.
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in
“Man," said a voice," never seen a butt planted on the floor quite like that." Frankie stood in front of
me, all lanky arms and legs. He offered me a hand, but I knew the rest of his gang must be laughing
at me
How does the author's use of language shape readers' perception of the narrator?