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Author by: T.C. BoyleLanguange: enPublisher by: PenguinFormat Available: PDF, ePub, MobiTotal Read: 32Total Download: 778File Size: 42,7 MbDescription: Mythic and realistic, farcical and tragic, The Washington Post Book World says these masterful stories mark T. Coraghessan Boyle's development from 'a prodigy's audacity to something that packs even more of a wallop: mature artistry.' They cover everything, from a terrifying encounter between a bunch of suburban adolescents and a murderous, drug-dealing biker, to a touching though doomed love affair between Eisenhower and Nina Khruschev. Author by: Gale, Cengage LearningLanguange: enPublisher by: Gale, Cengage LearningFormat Available: PDF, ePub, MobiTotal Read: 41Total Download: 179File Size: 52,9 MbDescription: A Study Guide for T. Boyle's 'Greasy Lake,' excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more.
For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs. Author by: T.C. BoyleLanguange: enPublisher by: PenguinFormat Available: PDF, ePub, MobiTotal Read: 69Total Download: 871File Size: 50,5 MbDescription: T.C. Boyle was first feted as a master of the short story for his critically acclaimed Greasy Lake. With these stories applauded by People magazine as 'wickedly comical,' he displays once again a virtuosity and versatility rare in literary America today. Without a Hero zooms in on American phenomena such as a center for the treatment of acquisitive disorders; a couple in search of the last toads on earth; and a real estate wonder boy on a dude safari near convenient Bakerfield, California.
Sharp, guileful, and malevolently funny, Boyle's stories are 'more than funny, better than wicked,' says The Philadelphia Inquirer. 'They make you cringe with their clarity.'
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Author by: T. BoyleLanguange: enPublisher by: Bloomsbury PublishingFormat Available: PDF, ePub, MobiTotal Read: 85Total Download: 882File Size: 43,9 MbDescription: Sten Stenson, Vietnam veteran and retired school principal, and his wife, Carolee, are on a cruise in Costa Rica when their coach excursion is hijacked. Sten's military training overtakes him and within moments one of the attackers lies dead. The rest flee and Sten finds himself hailed a hero by the tour group and everyone back home. Meanwhile, in the redwood forests north of San Francisco, Sara – a farrier who refuses to recognize the authority of the government – is arrested after failing to cooperate with police at a routine stop.
A chance meeting with twenty-five-year-old Adam, Sten and Carolee's unstable son, sparks a strange but passionate relationship fuelled by a mutual hatred of the law. Adam, an angry and misunderstood outsider, perennially dressed in camouflage and with his head shaved to the bone, has an unhealthy obsession with nineteenth-century mountain man John Colter. As Adam's views and behaviour become steadily more extreme, he descends into a spiral of fanatical violence that is impossible for his family or Sara to halt. The latest novel by internationally bestselling author T. Boyle, The Harder They Come is as timely as it is provocative. A deep and disturbing meditation on the roots of American gun violence, it explores the fine line between heroism and savagery, and just how far a parent can be held accountable for the actions of his child.
Greasy Lake by T. Coraghessan BoyleNature has a powerful way of portraying good vs. Bad, which parallels to the same concept intertwined with human nature. In the story “Greasy Lake” 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 “fetid. It is ironic that not only is the lake named Greasy Lake, but the individuals who hang out there are also referred to as being greasy characters as well. The 3 main characters find themselves surrounded by “dangerous” characters, and get stuck in the middle of a huge fight.
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As if things aren’t bad enough, the main characters then attempt to rape a girl that is with the man they just fought. Very soon after more people show up ready to join in the deviant behavior, all while in the presence of this dirty, disgusting lake. “I’d struck down one greasy character, and blundered into the waterlogged carcass of a second” (128). No matter what the main characters do, or how they react to the conflicts presented, they constantly find themselves in the presence of more greasy characters at the greasy lake.The author also makes a connection between the lake and the characters in his use of the word “nature.” Fairly early in the story Boyle explains that the characters go to the lake to “plunge into the festering murk, drink beer, smoke pot, howl at the stars” which again shows us the connection between the disgusting lake and the deviant teen boys.
Boyle then concludes the paragraph by saying, “This was nature,” which describes the attitudes and behaviors of the teenagers that go to the lake (125). 866 Words 4 PagesIn his short story “Greasy Lake,” the lake with the community teenagers create a stereotypical scene of current youth pop culture. Many youth who read this story can find the ironic references and similarities with their lifestyle in today’s world.
Coraghessan Boyle uses the setting of the story to expose a world lacking self-discipline and showing immorality amongst a community youth, which can sometimes be rather common today. This also aids in creating an atmosphere that surrounds suspense. 1000 Words 4 PagesBoth Tim 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. 1364 Words 6 PagesWater in T. Coraghessan Boyle's Greasy LakeWater is a powerful medium for introspection.
This truth is evident in the short story, 'Greasy Lake,' by T. Coraghessan Boyle.
In this story, water serves as a catalyst for self-reflection, as it propels the protagonist into a certain degree of conflict, and ultimately works to reveal and confront the character?s inner struggle.In 'Greasy Lake,' the dualism of the characters' nature is ever-present. They are self-proclaimed bad guys who. 557 Words 3 Pages T. Coraghessan Boyle’s "Greasy Lake" and "Big Game" are similarly structured but completely different short stories that explain the transitions of people from fake slaves of their image to genuine and realized individuals. If not portrayed in the stories, the development in the characters certainly escapes into the reader’s imagination and almost magically makes them the learned. The plot of the two stories is one of the strongest lines connecting them.
1283 Words 6 Pagesno authority. Somewhere teenagers would go to drink and partake in other illicit behaviors.
Coraghessan Boyle’s short story “Greasy Lake,” three eighteen year old boys are looking for mischief during their third night of summer break from college, sometime in the late 60’s. After driving through the streets of a town, they end up at Greasy Lake, the worst ecologically conditioned lake.This setting not only motivated the three boys to engage in dangerous behaviors but was the main influence on. 1924 Words 8 PagesHow “bad” can one be when put in a seriously “bad” situation? “Greasy Lake,” written by T. Coraghessan Boyle, depicts some rebellious characters getting into situations that are too rebellious for them to handle.
These various situations, as well as the characters themselves, tell the reader something more than what is actually happening in the story. This makes “Greasy Lake” an allegory, because it can be read at a literal level, but interpreted on a second, more meaningful level. The story of “Young.