This story is told in a first person point of view from the young boy whose name is ricky baker.This gives us the perspective of a young maori boy,with is unique intellect and sense of humour and quick wit.

Mr barry crump uses idioms such as “stuck me in” “keeping my head down” and “busted in on us” To get the reader more intrigued by the story.He also uses colloquial language such as “the wrong sort of stuff” “cheeky,tucker”and also uses  informal chatty style simple sentences “the bloke was lying”