Tough Language in Tuff

"When Winston Foshay found himself on the hardwood floor of a Brooklyn drug den regaining consciousness, his reflex wasn't to open his eyes but to shut them tighter," (3).

With that being the first sentence in the book, my first thought was wow this is going to be a good but intense book! I love satire's and love the humor interweaved into it all. The one aspect that really stands out is Beatty's language that he uses. (Side note, definitely would not be able to teach this to high school students.) The language is blunt and a little shocking at first. I had to step back really quick and get into the mind set. Beatty uses the language he is using for a reason. He doesn't use profanity and the "n" word for just no reason. There is a strategy behind this. Because Winston Foshay is in a drug den at first, trying to get out, I think that it is not uncommon for this type of language to be used, it is not suprising. But for some readers such as myself, I was shocked because I am not used to that language.

Also, I found it extremely interesting that Winston explained his out of body experience in each level: Ten Yards Up, Ten Thousand Yards Up, One Million Yards, One Billion Yards, etc... and finally ends with:
"One Thousand Light-Years: I see the souls of Demetrius, Zoltan, and Chilly Most trying to find the happy hunting ground. "Where are we? Alpha Centrauri?..." (23).
And was asked if he found heaven up there. The answer was with beer in hand and cigarette in the other. Yes, that is the answer. This just sets the entire tone for the book- the satire that Beatty has written.