Just because you "look bad" wear torn-up leather jackets, slouch around with toothpicks in your mouth; sniff glue, ether and what somebody claimed was cocaine, doesn't actually make you a bad character. This means you are just putting on an act, a front, just pretending to somebody and something you"re just not cut out to be. In this case the main characters in Greasy Lake had to find that out the hard way. Looks can be deceiving as was the case in the narrator and his friends. They talked the talk looked the part and had the attitude of bad characters but they were missing one thing the heart of a bad character and they would find out very soon that is the main framework of a bad character and in having that they would get into trouble fast and often. .
Bad characters usually look for fights and altercations even though in this instance they did look for trouble but it was indirectly. The three thought they spotted a friends car named Tony but they were very mistaken. They thought it would be all fun and games, they thought they were playing a prank on a friend just as the narrator stated "And then we could slap backs with red-faced Tony, roughhouse a little, and go on to new heights of adventure and daring."(130) But the owner of the car does not find their joke funny at all he beats the hell out of all three of them. Tell me how can one bad character wearing "greasy jeans and engineer boots" beat up three bad characters. If they truly were as bad as the profess to be how come they didn't beat the hell out of the guy; because they are punks scared little schoolgirls that talk a lot of trash and never back it up. Even after he and his friends have been beaten up and embarrassed the narrator still believes he is a bad character "I went for the tire iron under the drivers seat because this is what bad characters do."(131) This is exactly what scared, sissy, punk ass yellow belly coward does he brags about something stupid things like hitting someone with a tire iron while two of your friends gang up on him.
Coraghessan Boyle's short story, "Greasy Lake," the three young men seek adventure at a local hangout. ... There is nothing left for the three boys to do but head up to Greasy Lake. ... He realizes that he has no business being at Greasy Lake. ... The narrator describes in the second paragraph what Greasy Lake looks like. ... Coraghessan Boyle's short story, "Greasy Lake," and especially so for the narrator. ...
The short story "Greasy Lake-, written by T. ... We are told that the Indians call Greasy Lake "Wakan- because of how clear the water is. ... Young, as seen in the title implies the Brown is nave and inexperienced just as the boys in "Greasy Lake."" Goodman refers to his arrogant views of himself, whereas in "Greasy Lake- the boys like to think of themselves as bad. ... The boys of Greasy Lake are considered to be "greasers."" ...
In Greasy Lake, T. ... They decide to drive up to Greasy Lake, the local hangout. ... Greasy Lake is a place where anything can happen, and tonight, for these three boys everything seemed to have. ... Greasy Lake, whether symbolic or literal, is a dangerous place to be. ... "Greasy Lake" is an excellent story about the transformation of the mind and spirit through encounters of the body. ...
Boyle's "Greasy Lake", is the story of a man's youthful and life-changing experience. The unnamed narrator vividly elaborates about a night he and his friends venture out to Greasy Lake and find more than they were looking for. ... "Now it is (was) fetid and murky."" (573) The description of the island in the middle of Greasy Lake has duel meanings. ... Their next attempt at being bad characters is interrupted by two college guys who have also driven up to Greasy Lake looking for an adventure. ... It is apparent in his early years Greasy Lake symbolized a good time, sex, drugs, and r...
Fear of Adulthood In "Greasy Lake" by T. ... The narrator and his two friends, Jeff and Digby, come across a terrible obstacle at the Greasy Lake when they are approached by a bad greasy character. ... Once the greasy bad character gets out of the car, he is seen as "a man of action" because he does not back down from any circumstances he must face. ... The three boys believe the greasy, "bad" character is dead when suddenly a girl runs out of the car screaming at the three young boys. ... At the beginning the boys believe nature is nothing but crickets, frogs, and a muddy lake. ...
Boyles short story "Greasy Lake" three teenagers, Digby, Jeff, and the narrator find themselves in the middle of something that they are not prepared to handle, even though they ensure us and themselves that they are. When our narrator's bad boy image is called to action the night at Greasy Lake, we find out it is just that, an image that is used to cover an unformed, true identity. ... Shortly after, a car swings into the parking lot and the three boys scatter into the dark, murky waters of Greasy Lake. When the three boys enter the lake the narrator describes it as a nasty insect i...
Coraghessan Boyle's narrative "Greasy Lake" paints a vivid picture of the trials and tribulations that teenagers faced during the 1960's. ... Arriving at Greasy Lake the boys assume they see their friend, Tony's car, unbeknownst to them, it's not. ... Avertedly, Boyle relates Greasy Lake to the teens. Just like the boys, Greasy Lake was once a place that was pure and innocent. ... "Greasy Lake" depicts how three young men felt a need to conform to society's greaser lifestyle. ...
The story "Greasy Lake" written by T. ... Unfortunately I had a sobering incident at a lake similar to the guys in "Greasy Lake". ... When got to the lake, there was only an old man fishing at the other end. ... They would forever be haunted by Greasy Lake and reminded of their one night of partying. ... Although we do not know what the future held for the characters I feel that they to found the right path and that night at Greasy Lake would forever have an impact on the choices they made for the rest of their lives....
Coraghessan Boyle's short story, "Greasy Lake," the three young men seek adventure at a local hangout. ... There is nothing left for the three boys to do but head up to Greasy Lake. ... He realizes that he has no business being at Greasy Lake. ... The narrator describes in the second paragraph what Greasy Lake looks like. ... Coraghessan Boyle's short story, "Greasy Lake," and especially so for the narrator. ...