Greasy Lake Character Analysis Essay
Michelle Miller
January 30, 2009
R. Witek
EH 131
A Want to be Bad Character
Through reading “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle it is easy to conclude that all three characters (Jeff, Digby, and the narrator) think they are bad, by what was mentioned in the beginning of the short story by the narrator saying “We were bad (Boyle 1).” Bad according to Webster dictionary can be define as having a wicked or evil character (Bad). With this definition in mind, it does not really describe any one character in “Greasy Lake.” Digby and his cohorts all think they are bad by the narrators description of the whole group by saying “We wore torn-up leather jackets… and drank gin and grape juice, Tango, Thunderbird, and Bali Hai (Boyle 1).” The scene …show more content…
It can easily be seen that Digdy was scared out of his wit and wanted nothing more to do with the Greasy Lake. Just as soon as they were getting in the car, a mustang appeared and two girls stepped out of the car. Digdy now was even more in a hurry to leave when he said “Come on…Let’s get out of here (Boyle 10).” This is the second time he suggested to his friend that he no longer wanted to be there and when he said, he wanted to leave this time, to me it seemed that he was even more terrified then when he said he wanted the leave the first time. They did not leave in time so they would miss the girls, so one of them come up to the car and said “hi (Boyle 10)”, and the narrator described the faces as “We looked at her like zombies (Boyle 11).” This part describes just how scared they were and to see more people at the lake did not make them feel better or safer. To me it seemed that this scared them even more and they did not really know what these girls wanted nor did they want to stay and find out and Digdy was the first one to mention so. Then they all left. Digdy and his friends were all terrified and they could never grasp a bad character vive after what they had just been
January 30, 2009
R. Witek
EH 131
A Want to be Bad Character
Through reading “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle it is easy to conclude that all three characters (Jeff, Digby, and the narrator) think they are bad, by what was mentioned in the beginning of the short story by the narrator saying “We were bad (Boyle 1).” Bad according to Webster dictionary can be define as having a wicked or evil character (Bad). With this definition in mind, it does not really describe any one character in “Greasy Lake.” Digby and his cohorts all think they are bad by the narrators description of the whole group by saying “We wore torn-up leather jackets… and drank gin and grape juice, Tango, Thunderbird, and Bali Hai (Boyle 1).” The scene …show more content…
It can easily be seen that Digdy was scared out of his wit and wanted nothing more to do with the Greasy Lake. Just as soon as they were getting in the car, a mustang appeared and two girls stepped out of the car. Digdy now was even more in a hurry to leave when he said “Come on…Let’s get out of here (Boyle 10).” This is the second time he suggested to his friend that he no longer wanted to be there and when he said, he wanted to leave this time, to me it seemed that he was even more terrified then when he said he wanted the leave the first time. They did not leave in time so they would miss the girls, so one of them come up to the car and said “hi (Boyle 10)”, and the narrator described the faces as “We looked at her like zombies (Boyle 11).” This part describes just how scared they were and to see more people at the lake did not make them feel better or safer. To me it seemed that this scared them even more and they did not really know what these girls wanted nor did they want to stay and find out and Digdy was the first one to mention so. Then they all left. Digdy and his friends were all terrified and they could never grasp a bad character vive after what they had just been