Greasy Lake Setting

We are our surroundings. Our surroundings make us, us. Our environment gives us our character. For instance some people may adapt to their surroundings, or may become the exact opposite. People are easily victimized by their habitat. In T. Coraghessan Boyle’s short story, “Greasy Lake,” the setting of this foul lake plays a crucial role in developing the climax of the story and ultimately leads to the narrator’s realization that he is wasting his teenaged life. In a cross match twist; Boyle, Digby, and Jeff became themselves when they laid eyes on the greasy lake, and it’s cons.
Struggling to control his urges of following his friends; Digby, and Jerry. Boyle drained his life of any motivation it had; waking up everyday in a teenage wasteland. …show more content…
Cruising through and around the lake, when they see a “familiar,” car. Digby took control over the wheel from Boyle; launching the car right next to the familiar one. The driver was not who the varmints thought he was. Boyle described him as a, “car freak pumping his girlfriend (131).” In reaction to the boys startling him, the car freak snapped and began whaling on them. In the midst of all three of them getting pulverized by one guy, Boyle gets a weapon. He strikes the car freak with a gruesome blow to the ear, and head. The injured man’s body began to answer the agonizing blow; he wet his pants, and all of his bones seem to break because he collapsed. The boys took pride in annihilating this man. They circled him, and gazed like he was a trophy they were admiring. In realizing what he did, Boyle was pierced by the shriek of car freak’s old lady. This only motivated the adrenaline rush the boys had from the car freak, because they were hasty to assault this man's’ flame. Boyle, Digby, and Jeff were barbaric creatures. Caught red handed, they had no choice but to try and flee the