The writer makes use of an African – American version of the English language in this novel to show characters who are proud of their heritage. Characters like Mary Rambo, Ras, the Exhorter, the yam seller and many other black persons, the narrator meets on his quest for visibility used their dialect and their conversations. On the other hand, blacks who had been well conditioned to practice only the white man’s way of life, speak the white man’s English. Characters like Bledsoe, the brothers and even the narrator hardly use the African – American dialect in the conversations.