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    Annotated Bibliography Boyle T. Coraghessan. “Greasy Lake.” Literature: Craft and Voice. Eds. Nicholas Delbanco and Allen Cheuse. New York: McGraw-Hill‚ 2009. 77-82. Print. This Book has a interview done on T.C Boyle. In this interview he talks about how he wrote a “Greasy Lake”. During the interview he says “he does not revise his work at the end‚ but how he does it as he goes along. He also states how it comes natural to him and how the plots of his writing are organic. "If The River Was

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    Greasy Lake The saying “what goes around comes around” is the perfect saying for Greasy Lake by T. Coraghessan Boyle. This short story shows you the exact meaning of that saying. Now would you say that everything that happen in the end was good enough for all of their actions…no; but you can say its karma. Of course you cannot agree with anything that they did and you cannot really sympathize with him but a part of you may think ‘okay I guess they kind of got what they deserve.’ After reading this

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    young man’s life for him to break a barrier of reality to go from invincibility to mortality. They have to take that leap forward gradually‚ but as they do they will make mistakes along the way and have to learn from the bad ones. The short story “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle is about three young men who have to break that barrier of reality in one horrible night by making mistake after mistake‚ only they have to learn from their mistakes quickly or they wont get out of their bad situation. There

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    Greasy lake The boys are seeking to gain the respect and honor that man hood has for them. They thought that bad was good of course in that time it was the cool thing to do‚ they went cruising around the strip sixty seven times trying to look like bad boys. Then all of a sudden Digby (one of the narrator’s friends) fought for the wheel because he saw his friend’s car at greasy lake so they thought to play a prank on him they flashed their lights and honk the horn to look like the police. But they

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    Ryan Zull Professor Rodgers English Comp 102: Tue-Thurs. September 16‚ 2012 A Character Analysis of the Round Characters in “Greasy Lake” T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “Greasy Lake” deals with three young and naive teenagers who think they are invincible and hardcore characters. I know we call all relate to this feeling of being bad when we were teenagers. Staying out late‚ driving down the highways with our radios blaring‚ thinking to ourselves this is what life is all about. Because of the

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    Assignment Week 2: Greasy Lake Discussion Questions 1. How can the reader tell that the narrator grows and changes during his adventures? How can you explain the change in the narrator’s outlook? The reader can tell that the narrator changes throughout his adventures by his shifting disposition come conclusion of the story. At the beginning of the story‚ the narrator illuminates the glory days of his teenage years‚ filling the reader’s head with images of "torn-up leather jackets" and "lemon-flavored

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    Adriana Garcia January 29‚ 2013 ENC 1102 Analysis of the Theme in TC Boyle’s Greasy Lake The theme in T.C. Boyle’s “Greasy Lake” is demonstrated when the narrator and his friends learn a potentially deadly lesson through a series of accidents‚ caused as a result of their reckless pursuit to be bad. The nature of life reveals to them that striving to be bad in order to be viewed as hip or cool can often result in dark accidents‚ with catastrophic consequences. In the beginning of

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    Greasy Lake Symbolism

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    Greasy LakeGreasy lakes is an excellent yet outrageous story‚ due to the descriptions and comparisons that Tom Coraghessan Boyle throws at his readers. Its these mysterious descriptions and comparisons‚ that hold the key in identifying the hidden symbols in this story. Three major symbols are the name Greasy‚ the narrator gives the lake‚ the lake itself and how the narrator‘s filth reflects on the lake ‚ and the mislaid car keys. These symbols played an immense part in the revelation of the narrorator

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    “bad greasy character” (Boyle 78) is not one to think to show off his badness but only to react as a bad character will in such a situation. The third night of summer the narrator and three boys take off looking for adventure in their “parents whining station wagon”(S1) (Boyle 77). The narrator characterizes himself as a “dangerous character” (Boyle 77) although driving his parent’s station wagon hardly counts as being dangerous. The narrator and two of his friends drive up to “Greasy Lake” looking

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    Greasy Lake T.C Boyle is and will continue to be a respected name in the world of literature. His short stories especially deserve special mention. The title story of his ‘Greasy Lake’ collection is one of the better-known short stories. It has been studied in schools and colleges‚ and there are numerous academic resources analyzing it. Literary critics have called the story inspiration and eye opening‚ and they are accolades well deserved. In this paper‚ the writer shall only offer a summary of

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