He also repeats certain words when talking such as 'catboy' or 'cat', 'likes' or 'likesay', and 'ken?' Begbie often swears a lot during his chapters. For example, in Chapter 25, Spud narrates, 'So ah'm downcast git intae the library, thinkin tae masel' ('So I'm downcast when I get into the library thinking to myself'). Renton, Sick Boy, and Nikki's chapters are written almost entirely in 'standard' English while Begbie and Spud's chapters are in Scots.
Renton's all begin with 'Whores of Amsterdam Pt.' Spud's chapters are just narrative, Begbie's are in capitals, and Nikki's are quotes from the chapter, for example '.A SIMON DAVID WILLIAMSON PRODUCTION.'.Įach narrator is associated with a distinctive prose style. For instance, Sick Boy's chapters all begin with 'Scam.' and then a number in front of a '#'. Another difference from the format of Trainspotting is that each character has a defined chapter heading depending on what chapter it is. Unlike Trainspotting, which had more narrational diversity, Porno is reduced to just five narrators: Sick Boy, Renton, Spud, Begbie and Nikki.
The novel is divided into three sections, each of which comprises chapters with different narrators.
