Narrative Techniques In William S. Bukowski's The Wild Boys

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The Wild Boys by William S. Burroughs, is a work full of sexual experimentation. Burroughs is known to be exceptionally bawdy, "I get down on my hands and knees feeling his finger inside me and my ass opens up and he is all the way in his hot quick breath on my back we shive together and both finish in a few seconds " (Burroughs Williams 108). This excerpt exudes the salaciousness of Burroughs writing and the overall lack of filter from the beats. Throughout the book the sentence, “nitrous fumes twisted from the pink rectal flesh in whorls of orange and sepia” is used time and time again (Burroughs Williams 73). This is a great example of the repetitive suggestive writing that the beats use. In this case Burroughs uses this sentence to bring …show more content…
He believes that Factotum, “masterly depicts Braverman's theory concerning ‘essential antagonism in a work/optimum relationships” (Artluker).This statement is true, as stated in Factotum, “Those in control always preferred to overwork a few men continually, instead of hiring more people so everyone might work less” (Bukowski, Charles 57), this exemplifies the relationship between workers and their bosses. Bukowski states that hiring more people would let, “you have time to think” this is a conflict between the hiree and the hired for the one in control does not want to spend more than they have to on resources, but overworks their employees (Bukowski, Charles 57). Throughout the book, Chinaski, Bukowski’s alter ego, tries to do the bare minimum at each job, only to be fired once again. Artluker states that, “Factotum is a typical story of a man who continues dragging out a sad existence” (Artluker). This critique is truthful, Chinaski is living a life that has constant, “depressive fits” as he continues to live his life, making the same mistakes repetively (52). Chinaski never seems to get to a solution for his problems instead he just, “got up, dressed, barely made it to the hall bathroom and vomited” (52). This evinces the life of Chinaski, which is also the exact life Bukowski led, he is constantly in a state that renders him unemployed and