Greasy Lake

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1985

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Choose 2-3 passages and analyze how T. C. Boyle’s stylistic choices—diction, syntax, figurative language, etc.—contribute to the story’s tone and meaning.

What acts do the boys initially see as bad or rebellious? Why do they want to rebel, and how does their attitude change over the course of the story?

What role do female characters play in the story? How does this support the work’s themes?