Sharing a Moment
What was the main effect of the point of view that Boyle used in “The Greasy Lake” to convey his message about coming of age? Boyle starts the story with the narrator speaking about his past such as person would to a new acquaintance, giving you the feeling of sharing a moment together. All the while, Boyle is using a first person narration in “The Greasy Lake”, to place his readers into an immediate and emotional state.
Ann Charters’ explains first person narration tells the story from his/her accounts or perspective. Secondly, it is further stated that first person narration is only able to tell the direct action of what’s taking place or his/her ability to mentally process what is taking place (Charters 1793). Similarly, in the beginning of the story the narrator is setting the tone of a first person narration through a reminiscent tone of the past. …show more content…
Furthermore, the opening sentence is a powerful way to set the narration “There was a time when courtesy and winning ways went out of style, when it was good to be bad, when you cultivated decadence like a taste” (Boyle 164). The use of the word “when” is used three times in a direct way. Additionally, the narrator is telling us this in the matter of sentence by using the word “you” at the end of the sentence, setting the reader into a first person narration almost unconsciously by the subtle use of that one word. As a result this sentence is explained through the narrator’s own perspective of his
What was the main effect of the point of view that Boyle used in “The Greasy Lake” to convey his message about coming of age? Boyle starts the story with the narrator speaking about his past such as person would to a new acquaintance, giving you the feeling of sharing a moment together. All the while, Boyle is using a first person narration in “The Greasy Lake”, to place his readers into an immediate and emotional state.
Ann Charters’ explains first person narration tells the story from his/her accounts or perspective. Secondly, it is further stated that first person narration is only able to tell the direct action of what’s taking place or his/her ability to mentally process what is taking place (Charters 1793). Similarly, in the beginning of the story the narrator is setting the tone of a first person narration through a reminiscent tone of the past. …show more content…
Furthermore, the opening sentence is a powerful way to set the narration “There was a time when courtesy and winning ways went out of style, when it was good to be bad, when you cultivated decadence like a taste” (Boyle 164). The use of the word “when” is used three times in a direct way. Additionally, the narrator is telling us this in the matter of sentence by using the word “you” at the end of the sentence, setting the reader into a first person narration almost unconsciously by the subtle use of that one word. As a result this sentence is explained through the narrator’s own perspective of his