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[영문학]Boyle의 Greasy Lake analysis(Alienation에 관하여)

Jun-Young ChungProfessor Philip DaughtryEnglish 2 (MW 11:15-12:35)05 April 2006Alienation from the story “Greasy Lake” by T.C.BoyleAccording to Abraham Lincoln, “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” As Lincoln states, happiness depends on ones mind not how the surroundings make the happiness. Feeling alienation is a form of unhappiness. Tom Coraghessan Boyle’s short story Greasy Lake, describes alienation of the three boys. Alienation is a central theme of the story. Boyle illustrates the separation from the society of the three boys. Greasy Lake is a story of three young men finding a way out from the tedious routine life. While fist fights and seducing girls with all kinds of sweet talk are relatively boring for young men out looking for a “good time,” raping a girl is not a casual event to happen.In the story, the narrator and his two friends, Jeff and Digby, almost kills a person and attempts rape at the greasy lake. Greasy lake symbolizes alienation. Greasy lake is not an ordinary place to go. In the story, greasy lake is a place that young men go for a “good time,” and it is a place that is isolated from the normal life.Karl Marx defines alienation as “Alienation is a process whereby people come to be estranged from the society around them.” Alienation is an unpleasant experience that people go through teenage years. The narrator, Jeff and Digby in the story are going through the teenage years and feel alienation from the society. Marx states that “loss of self control and flare-ups of anger” are forms of alienation. Sexual abuse is an example of the “loss of self control.” Sexual abuse happens in the story by the three boys.Young men usually experience alienation from the society. In Greasy Lake, the three young men tend to have a feeling to look different from others and act different. The narrator describes as “We read Andre Gide and struck elaborate poses to show that we didn’t give a shit about anything” (p144). In addition, the three boys assume a defiant attitude. The three boys throw raw eggs at mailboxes and hitchhikers (p145). Additionally, the three boys get involved in a fight and just about kill the other (p146). Even though the three boys almost killed the other person they do not stop their “good time.” Finally the three boys attempt rape but fails (p147). All the above attitudes occur because the three boys feel that they are alienated from the society and shows hostility toward their life. The three boys want to look different, they act different and they express themselves different. However, the three boys do not end to be “bad” at the end of the story.As people change by experiencing dreadful situations, the three boys get a moral lesson. The narrator says “This was nature” twice in the story. The earlier and later view has different atmospheres. At first, the narrator uses negative words “murk, incongruous, fetid and mud” and then illustrates the phrase (p144). The second time the narrator uses “This was nature” followed by terms “sweet, blossoms and still” (p150). The purpose to use the same phrase twice is to show the three boys have changed and learned a lesson in the story. The three boys start to change when they feel an intangible awareness of danger. The three boys feel fear of getting caught by other people. In the story, the narrator describes the situation as “All three of us froze” (p150). The narrator even gets more desperate. He confesses “I wanted to go home to my parents’ house and crawl into bed” (p151). Finally, the three boys see two girls that are in the same situation they were in the first place. The girls tempt to play with them. Nonetheless, the boys refuse to play with girls. The three boys seem to notice themselves through the girls.In conclusion, the three boys get initiated into their society. As uninitiated young men, the three boys experience alienation and transformation. Alienation makes them feel isolated from the society and shows immature attitudes. However, the three boys get transformed and perceive the truth that many people feel the alienation from the society. According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, experience is not just bad. He states “Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. As life is an experiment. The more experiments you make better.” The experience itself is not bad. However, the important thing is how you overcome the situation.PAGE PAGE 3Chung

독후감/창작| 2006.04.23| 4페이지| 1,500원| 조회(1,544)

보일, Boyle, greasy lake, alienation

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[영작] one fine day

This is a story about a divorced woman and a man. The divorced woman called Melanie has a son called Sammy. and the divorced man called Jack has a daughter called Maggie.

인문/어학| 2003.04.26| 1페이지| 1,000원| 조회(335)

영화, 감상문, 영작, 어느 멋진 날

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