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AUT Master of Creative Writing 2008 Shorty © Michael Botur 2009 G creates is what encourages him. Public spaces for young people have diminished in recent times, and those that do exist are increasingly policed (White & Wyn 2004.) This may be an excuse for G to ‘play’ at work, ie. To abuse his own work space. Furthermore, ethnic youth often ‘report racist surveillance and distrust in their relations with authorities in public places (Wyn 283), so his perception of oppression is what spurs G on. Youth can and do exploit their subcultural effect (Martin pp70-73.) The reader should dissect G’s commitment to the subculture: The fact that G succeeds in his particular mission by being challenged then exonerated suggests that he may be a poser who is protected by an emerging acceptance of his subculture (accepted by the characters Wimzy, Jude and Po-Lady). Lloyd Martin’s treatment of youth subcultures in Chapter 2 of The Invisible Table is evidence of this acceptance. Falconer acknowledges that ‘Acts are stunts’ and that subcultural activities spike at the weekend (Falconer 184-88,) so it is likely that G knew exactly what would transpire at his work on Saturday morning. 28
AUT Master of Creative Writing 2008 Shorty © Michael Botur 2009 6. Conclusions Preserving slang and idiomatic speech has been very important in portraying how Shorty characters position themselves and how the reader positions them. The speech forms deployed are a conduit into the idioms and meanings of the character’s subculture. The subculture manipulates communication and is manipulated by communication. Most of the speakers in Shorty want to protect and defend themselves although there are characters who disgorge their message over others because they lack the capacity to express themselves subtly or manipulatively. It is the struggle for expression that defines Shorty’s characters and interrogates which subculture the author, reader and character feel that character belongs to. Shorty gives, has given and will give expression to archetypal characters of varying relevance and visibility. In these stories, their expression has been brought about usually through conflict – getting in trouble with the law, fending off love rivals, harassing or being harassed, coming to terms with their own relationships and beliefs, and other conflicts. The most unique feature of Shorty is the manipulation of English language. To obtain the truthful voices of the characters who I have exposed, it has been necessary to spell words how the characters would spell them and to stretch punctuation to achieve the necessary expression when the reader interfaces with the written fiction. 29
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