Greasy Lake Character Analysis The narrator of T.C. Boyle ’s "Greasy Lake" appears to be the ultimate rebel upon first glance. The unnamed main character goes out of his way to appear "bad" to his friends and anyone around him. The narrator explains that he wore leather jackets‚ drove his parents ’ station wagon and drank gin and grape juice to produce the effect of being intimidating and cool to others. By the end of the story when the narrator has the chance to continue his false image of being
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O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried" and T. Coraghessan Boyle’s "Greasy Lake" display characters’ similar reactions to violence‚ but in different settings and circumstances. In "The Things They Carried‚" Fist Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a soldier in the Vietnam War who finds solace and escape in fantasies of a young woman from home. One of Cross’s soldiers dies due to his daydreaming and forces him to abandon these fantasies. In "Greasy Lake‚" the main character finds enjoyment in picking fights and breaking
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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
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Setting and Characterization in "Greasy Lake" The path to becoming an adult is lined with a variety of childhood and adolescent experiences‚ some more painful than others. In T. Coraghessen Boyle ’s short story‚ "Greasy Lake‚" Boyle masterfully uses the setting and the protagonist ’s experience to teach us an old but vital lesson: those who choose not to learn and grow from their past mistakes are destined to repeat them‚ and thus will never mature and realize their true potential. In the beginning
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Greasy Lake My intent is to share with you comparisons of what the author portrays his characters to be rather than who hey really are. Allusion played a significant role in how the author described a theme throughout this story where the characters thought of themselves as the epitome of being bad in the short story “Greasy Lake”(Boyle). The allusion is one of the many ways the author developed his characters into bad guys. The opening paragraph of the story paints a picture wit the first sentence
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What is irony? Irony is the mismatch between the actual results versus the expected results. In literature‚ irony is a device that causes surprise and amusement for the audience also a helper to the author to make their writing more fluid. Types of irony in stories are dramatic‚ situational and verbal. In the short stories “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela‚ “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl‚ there is situational and dramatic irony. The ironies affect the
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filled with irony‚ which floods nearly every chapter in the text. The book introduces Job‚ a purely good human being who is often regarded by God as a “blameless and upright man” (Job 1.8). As the book unfolds‚ God and Satan make a bet to determine whether Job will remain loyal to God when catastrophes unfold. Irony manifests itself as dramatic and situational irony throughout the entire text. Dramatic irony plays a fundamental role throughout the Book of Job. Dramatic irony is the irony that occurs
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story using dramatic irony. Despite Oedipus’s ignorance about who he is‚ Sophocles uses dramatic irony to let the readers know who Oedipus truly is and to hint at what all will take place throughout the entire story. Sophocles uses many different scenes throughout the play that portray dramatic irony. Although‚ the three most important are Oedipus’s curse towards himself‚ Oedipus’s insult to Tiresias‚ and the fortune-teller’s prophecy about Oedipus. The first act of dramatic irony is Oedipus’s
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ dramatic irony‚ suspense‚ and tragedy are the main literary terms that contribute to making this play so comical. I really liked the dramatic irony‚ because it has its own kind of comedy. This play also teaches people many different things such suspense and tragedy. It is a very suspenseful because people are waiting to see how the people die. The tragedy is also horrible but in a sick demented way kind of funny. Dramatic irony caught my attention in the way the
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Dramatic irony is a literary technique that occurs when an event happens in the story that the audience understands‚ but the story’s characters cannot grasp. William Shakespeare uses this device throughout a numerous amount of his plays‚ whether it be a comedy or tragedy. This particular element‚ in Shakespearian tragedies‚ is used in order to add a tragic element of not knowing to the story. It is also used to engage the audience and to help reveal the tragic flaw that evidently leads to the hero’s
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