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Why do so many girls find the teenage years in the post-modern society so difficult and stressful? Is it because they are in a transition from girl to woman, or is it because of the constant competition with everyone else? These are themes that play a major role in Beejay Silcox’ short story “Slut Trouble” from 2016, and this analytical essay analyses and interprets this very text.
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“Slut Trouble” is a short story by Beejay Silcox, which was published in 2016. The short story is about two best friends, Laura and Megan, who are fascinated by two kidnappings taking place in their town. The story probably takes place around the 1990s, because Laura, the main character, refers to a Walkman (l. 60) and a video store (l. 78), two very popular things in that period.
The story unfolds in Australia, which is indicated by the Australian term “ocky strap,” which means a climbing cord. The short story starts in medias res with the sentence: “The first girl is taken on the second weekend of the school holidays (l. 1).” In medias res is applicable for almost every short story and likewise is a limited number of characters, which is also the case in “Slut Trouble.”
Laura and Megan are the most important characters, while Mr. Henderson, Megan’s father, and Laura’s mother are secondary characters. The two kidnapping victims are also important characters but only in the sense that Laura and Megan talk about them.
The narrator in the short story is a first-person narrator with limited knowledge from the main character Laura’s point of view. This can be seen by Laura, who is the narrator, only knowing her own thoughts because the point of view lies with her.
A great example that the narrator in the short story is in fact limited and not omniscient can be seen in lines 89-90, where it says: ““What kind of trouble is that?” I ask him.
“Slut trouble, Laura, slut trouble.” The first-person limited narrator is very normal for a short story, and in the end, it’s essential to understanding this short story, but more on that later.
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