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Language and Tone Analysis
The story “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle is about teenage adolescent who hangs with a questionable crowd of people. One night he goes out and is struck with an awful turn of events. This is when he comes to the realization that he is in the deep. The protagonist faces the peer pressure from his addict alcoholic friends. The narrator thinks that his peers will bring him to the bad boy person he wants to be, but is also unsure about his position in the story and wonders if this is what he truly enjoys. The protagonist’s internal conflict is that he wants to be seen as the stereotypical bad boy biker dude. The story starts off as him and his friends doing things might qualify as greasy for their age like wearing “torn-up leather jackets, slouched around with toothpicks in our months, sniffed glue” (Boyle 77), but he quickly realize he doesn't have what it takes to become the bad character he desires. Boyle conveys the idea that young adolescents sometimes want to become an image only for their social benefit and don’t realize the consequences and reality that comes with it. The narrator tries to fit into this “bad boy” group, but quickly realizes that it isn’t for the faint of heart and relents. This is a phase thats noticeable when young teens are trying to fit into societies social groups and create a facade just to be recognized. A sub-theme is that young people ......... FINISH The story begins with a rebellious tone of voice. The narrator reminisces about his past childhood that was filled with “torn-up leather jackets... drank gin and grape juice juice, Tango Thunderbird, and Bali Hai” (1) (Boyle 77). The narrators voice explains his rebellious times as a young teenage associating himself with objects seen as taboo and unethical. He boasts that he was a bad character and “didn’t give a shit about anything” (Boyle 77). The narrators voice is straightforward and doesn’t show sign of weakness, by only telling
Language and Tone Analysis
The story “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle is about teenage adolescent who hangs with a questionable crowd of people. One night he goes out and is struck with an awful turn of events. This is when he comes to the realization that he is in the deep. The protagonist faces the peer pressure from his addict alcoholic friends. The narrator thinks that his peers will bring him to the bad boy person he wants to be, but is also unsure about his position in the story and wonders if this is what he truly enjoys. The protagonist’s internal conflict is that he wants to be seen as the stereotypical bad boy biker dude. The story starts off as him and his friends doing things might qualify as greasy for their age like wearing “torn-up leather jackets, slouched around with toothpicks in our months, sniffed glue” (Boyle 77), but he quickly realize he doesn't have what it takes to become the bad character he desires. Boyle conveys the idea that young adolescents sometimes want to become an image only for their social benefit and don’t realize the consequences and reality that comes with it. The narrator tries to fit into this “bad boy” group, but quickly realizes that it isn’t for the faint of heart and relents. This is a phase thats noticeable when young teens are trying to fit into societies social groups and create a facade just to be recognized. A sub-theme is that young people ......... FINISH The story begins with a rebellious tone of voice. The narrator reminisces about his past childhood that was filled with “torn-up leather jackets... drank gin and grape juice juice, Tango Thunderbird, and Bali Hai” (1) (Boyle 77). The narrators voice explains his rebellious times as a young teenage associating himself with objects seen as taboo and unethical. He boasts that he was a bad character and “didn’t give a shit about anything” (Boyle 77). The narrators voice is straightforward and doesn’t show sign of weakness, by only telling