And i started wearing glasses when i was three, so i ran around the reservation (the rez! ) looking like a three-year-old indian grandpa.

and, oh, i was skinny. i’d turn sideways and disappear.

but my hands and feet were huge. my feet were a size eleven when i was in third grade!

with my big feet and pencil body, i looked like a capital l walking down the road.

and my skull was enormous.

epic.

the narrator’s voice is mainly due to the use of

realistic . . imagery
depressive . . metaphors
exaggerative . . hyperbole
serious . . anecdotes