T. J. Rodgers

T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “Greasy Lake” is a timeless tale that will leave you on the edge of your seat if it was a movie, but in this case this short story will have your eyes glued to the page. We will discover Boyle’s arrangement of incidents in this story as he explain the plot from the beginning that talks about “ There was a time “ Which clearly states that this story was a flashback of the pass. The story begins talking about a small group of teenagers that think they are the baddest things…

The messages of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois could not have been more diverse. The philosophical rivalry between Washington and DuBois has deep historical roots. To be on the same side fighting for the same purpose, progress, and uplifting of the Black race, these two Black intellectuals harbored radically divergent views on how to assist African Americans to free themselves from their often subhuman conditions. Both men were aware that technological advancement was of foremost…

Short Story Epiphanies There is a theme of epiphanies in “Greasy Lake” written by T. Coraghessan Boyle and “Cons” written by Jess Walter. The theme is very strong and prevalent in each story in their own way. In the story “Greasy Lake” there are epiphanies when the characters that they are not as bad as they would like to believe themselves be. The last short story “Cons” the main character has a very strong epiphany at the end. All the stories have strong epiphanies in all of them will be…

T. S. Eliot’s celebrated poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” has earned its coveted place in the literary canon due to its manifold layers of complexity. The characteristic richness of the poem is ostensible from its first lines; indeed, the opening stanza of “Prufrock” is among the most familiar of all poetry, and the author is hailed for his vivid depiction of setting and liberal use of imagery. Eliot incorporates nuanced poetic elements-- the most marked of these being irony,…

Repress, often viewed as the ability to restrain, prevent, or inhibit. Booker T. Washington had the ability to repress and he definitely used it to his full potential. Washington was born on April 5th, 1856 in Virginia and unfortunately died at the young age of 59 on November 14, 1915. As an African-American educator, author, and orator Washington faced great amounts of scrutiny for his race. Washington graduated college from Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute where he attended while working…

Greasy Lake and Setting Oftentimes, the setting is a particularly crucial part of a story. It could be symbolic for an idea, or it could contribute to the change of a characters personality. Furthermore, setting does not only refer to the location or time period of the story; it could also pertain to “climate and even the social, psychological, or spiritual state of the participants” (Literature, Glossary of Literary Terms, G26). The significance of setting is especially prevalent in the short…

Ezra Pound achieves his purpose of the narrator dealing how with her innocences and loneliness through diction, syntax, tone, mood, and figurative language. In “The river merchant 's wife; a letter” Ezra Pound 's uses his own interpretation of the original poem to determine what diction was poetic. That’s why the this poem is considered an objective correlative, meaning that Ezra pound is trying to make his pound understandable to anyone that reads it. His main objective of the poem is that he…

Shockingly, it was found that few if any of the ordinary, non-transformed T cell lines determined in the Laboratory of Immunology at NIAID around then delivered IL-4. This perception was among the primary proof that there may be some selectivity in the cytokines communicated by Th cells. For sure, not long subsequently, Mossman…

If a person doesn’t spiraled down to the depths of evil completely, rising back up would still be achievable. A trio of teenagers in T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “Greasy Lake” is starting off their summer by pulling off seemingly harmless pranks until they come faced with a dispute with the wrong kind of people. Through a series of actions these boys have shown murderous intent, an attempted rape scene, and are able to walk away scot free of any dire consequences. Throughout the story there are…

Prisons in the United States have an abundant amount of repeat offenders. Once released from incarceration, prisoners are returned to their communities to lead productive lives, however, a large percentage find themselves unprepared to deal with the challenges and hardships that come with the process of social reintegration. Many small towns, communities, and neighborhoods are hesitant in welcoming ex-prisoners and would prefer that they reside in other areas of town. Neighborhood…