Ashley Edwards The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

I'm reading The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid which takes place in 1950's Des Moines Iowa. In the begining he relates almost everything to being a kid in the 50's in Des Moines and how American everything was and how everything was better in Des Moines, but he does it in a funny way and he talks about the events that happened in the 50's in a humorous way. He's very sarcastic about his past and refers to everything as Kid World and how everything is much different in Kid World then in the "Real World" His flash backs are taken place in his childhood. "We used to amuse ourselves by challenging her to supply our dates of birth or, if that proved to taxing, the seasons." This is a quote I picked because I think he is funny to get his point of veiw across hell put two opposite things together like how his mom would forget their birthdays but compare it to how she forgot her son didnt like cottage cheese because of Uncle Dee. Whenever Bill is in a situation he doesn't like he switches into his alter ego Thunderbolt Kid which is funny because he thinks he has special powers and its funny to read Bill's story then to read the Thunderbolt Kid's side.