The passage entitled, "Slow, Slow, Quick-Quick, Slow" is done in first person narration as the words "I" and "me" are used. We can easily identify the narrative as soon as we start reading the passage as Kate, the narrative voice was asked a question at the beginning of the passage and Kate commented to the readers, "Margaret Connelly and I were stumbling around the school hall doing a parody of the foxtrot." This tells us that they are rehearsing for a dance for a special school event and that's why Margaret asked Kate what she will be wearing for that night.


We see Kate as a shy, but disobeying character, and she seems to describe other characters in detail, and adds humour to the situation. "I got the distinct impression that she might break into a fandango and go stamping across the stage in a flurry of high heels and dust." We share with her, her thoughts and expectations of events and other characters, such as her best friend Geraldine, "Geraldine liked to shock people and usually succeeded…" Miss Cordova, Annette Furlonger and Margaret Mary Connelly were also identified with Kate's dialogue and light hearted personality. Jennifer Dabbs, the writer, is positioning the readers to emphasize with the narrator. Kate and her friends are seen as stereotypical female teenagers, who never seem to obey adults and always seem to be in a world of their own. The author uses colloquial language, such as "unhealthy looking lot" and "I slunk out after her". No past is revealed, but the present reveals many of the characters attitudes and personalities. We recognize Kate's true personality from the last paragraph, "We were always off together somewhere on our own. I suppose we must have seemed odd, but we never felt anything except delightfully superior and...