28 pages • 56 minutes read
T.C. BoyleGreasy Lake
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1985A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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?
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