Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Setting in Greasy Lake by T. Coraghessan Boyle Essay -- Greasy Lake T.
Greasy Lake by T. Coraghessan Boyle Nature has a powerful way of portraying good vs. bad, which parallels to the same concept intertwined with human nature. In the story ââ¬Å"Greasy Lakeâ⬠by T. Coraghessan Boyle, the author portrays this through the use of a lake by demonstrating its significance and relationship to the characters. At one time, the Greasy Lake was something of beauty and cleanliness, but then came to be the exact opposite. Through his writing, Boyle demonstrates how the setting can be a direct reflection of the characters and the experiences they encounter. The lake itself plays a major role throughout the story, as it mirrors the characters almost exactly. For example, the lake is described as being ââ¬Å"fetid and murky, the mud banks glittering with broken glass and strewn with beer cansâ⬠(125). The characters are also described as being ââ¬Å"greasyâ⬠or ââ¬Å"dangerousâ⬠several times, which ties the lake and the characters together through their similarities. The narrator explains, ââ¬Å"We were bad. At night we went up to Greasy Lakeâ⬠(124). This demonstrates the importance that the surroundings in which the main charactersââ¬â¢ choose to be in is extremely important to the image that they reflect. At the beginning of the story, these charactersââ¬â¢ images and specifically being ââ¬Å"badâ⬠is essentially all that mattered to them. ââ¬Å"We wore torn up leather jacketsâ⬠¦drank gin and grape juiceâ⬠¦sniffed glue and ether and what somebody claimed was cocaineâ⬠(124). They went out of their ...
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