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Greasy Lake
Title: Greasy Lake
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 856 | Pages: 3.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Greasy Lake
Greasy Lake
T. Coraghesan Boyle’s short story “Greasy Lake” uses a physical landmark to represent the moral and physical condition of the characters as well as that of the society they inhibit. Boyle uses the setting to give the reader a feel for the characters’ lives. By comprehending how the lake is described one can understand the moral and physical condition of the characters without even reading of the events that took place at …showed first 75 words of 856 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 856 total…is weak and they are living dead lives.
I feel Boyle does an excellent job of using Greasy Lake to symbolize the physical and moral condition of the characters and the society they inhibit. Just as the condition of the lake is dying, the society the characters live in is dying. Greasy Lake is also something almost any reader can relate to. Growing up, we all had a Greasy Lake in some form or another.
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