As bad as they think?: Every teenage boy thinks they are as bad as the next one. Sometimes this boosted confidence can get people who can't hold up to their image in a situation that they are not ready to handle. Situations such as these reveal the true person inside, and weed out the proposed images. In T.C. 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.
The narrator does a good job early on in the story convincing us that he is a bad character, but he also gives us some clues to reveal his true self. The story starts off with the three teenage boys driving around in their parents station wagon looking for something to do; or more specifically, looking for trouble. There is already one thing wrong with this scenario, "Digby pounded the dashboard and shouted along with Toots & the Maytals while Jeff hung his head out the window and streaked the side of my mother's Bel Air with vomit". Their parents station wagon is not your typical bad boy car, which makes it apparent that these boys are not the real deal. The real bad boys in the story drive a chopper and a 57 chevy. Boyle makes a point to put everyone else in the story in bad boy cars. The drugged up girls at the conclusion of the story are also in a muscle car. When approached by the girls, they were offered drugs. Then, not only did their car not hold up to the bad boy image but neither did their actions. While bragging about how tough he and his friends are, the narrator tells the girls, "debated going to a party at the house of a girl Jeff's sister knew, and chucked two dozen raw eggs at mailboxes and hitchhikers".
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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. ...
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. ...
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...
