Critical Review of Greasy Lake

When I began reading fulsome Lake by T. Coraghessan Boyle, I thought these boys were exhibiting typical behavior of young-adult men and their behavior conduct them to trouble. Boyle kept my interest by anticipation and disgust at the boys of the boys behavior in this narration. The fibber, who is the main character of the story, often describes himself and his friends as bad characters and this becomes more convincing in the story. Boyle to a fault used Greasy Lake at not completely the setting for this story but also as a character.He described the lake as fetid and murky, the bollocks up banks glittering with broken glass and strewn with beer cans and the charred remains of bonfires. Greasy Lake is used as a symbol for the younker culture itself in the story and is litter by alcohol, sex and violence. When the boys first came across the greasy man at the lake, their attitudes change for a moment, all three of them are scared. When they began to fight with the man, the nar rator grabbed the tire iron out of fear.Once the three of them beat him up and knock him unconscious, I think this only increased their already positive attitudes. When they attempt to rape the greasy mans lady companion, I think that shows how truly pathetic each of them are, acting like madden brothers. In a very disturbing way, the boys were asserting a primal physical dominance over the woman. I think Boyles was displace a message that there are consequences for our actions.Even though kids escape to think theyre big and bad and have it all pass judgment out, these once cocky boys quickly became horrified once they had to face the consequences of their actions. I personally enjoyed reading Greasy Lake very much. The language in the story Boyle used is crude and literal, but it goes with the theme of badness portrayed by his characters. Boyle emphasizes the corruption of the lake by using it as a not only the setting, but also as tool to compare the narrator and the youth o f the time.In the beginning, the narrator is as corrupted as the lake though innate(p) pure and clear he becomes tainted by the beer and wildness of his culture. By ending with the beaten narrator and his friend refusing drugs and driving home, Boyle left me with a sense of for the boys that they are not really bad characters after all. The narrator has realized the consequences of his actions, and that he can no longer act invincible.