Literary Luminary Ch. 16-17

"Alex didnt come out and say too much at first," Stuckey reports. "But its a long, slow drive. We spent a total of three days together on those washboard roads, and by the end he kind of let his gaurd down. I tell you what: He was a dandy kid. Real courteous, and he didnt cuss or use a lot of that there slang.." -Stuckey, pg. 159

Experimentation in Language: You can see that Krakauer uses the native slang to Alaska. Instead of just saying he didnt cuss or use slang and was a nice kid he uses phrases like 'didnt cuss or use a lot of that there slang. Giving it more of a western twist to it. Using this technique helps the reader because it makes it more realistic and true to the culture of Alaska.