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T. Coraghessan Boyle's Greasy Lake

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In the short story “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle, three boys embark on a journey to the greasy lake, where kids would go to perform illegal activities. At the time it was good to be bad, it was cool to drink and smoke. The unnamed narrator, Jeff, and Digby think that going to the greasy lake will make them look cool to society. The trouble begins when the boys pull a prank on a guy who they think is their friend but turned out to be a “bad greasy character.” The narrator thought he killed the bad character, but really he was just unconscious. The boys then turn to the girlfriend and attempt sexual activities, but failed because another car rolls up with two girls whom were intoxicated. The girls offer some of their drugs to the boys,
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