Road To Adulthood/ Greasy Lake

In the opening of the story, the main character and his friends, Digby and Jeff, are out looking for adolescent excitement, or any manner of trouble they are capable of getting themselves into. They decide to drive up to Greasy Lake, the local hangout. There they spot what they believe to be an acquaintance’s car. They blare their horn and flash their headlights in hopes of embarrassing their friend. To their surprise the car was not occupied by their friend, but rather, a bad greasy character, named Bobbie. Unable to control his adolescent behavior, Bobbie proceeds to thoroughly slaughter the three boys. Here, in his pas

sion, our narrator makes a juvenile, rash, and what could have been an egregious mistake, he

grabs the tire iron he keeps under the seat of his car, and proceeds to attack Bobbie leaving him for dead.

The setting of the story is important to understanding the concept

their blustering bad attitudes. The fact that they are ready and willing to

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Greasy Lake, Bobbie Unable, Digby Jeff, Coraghessan Boyle, Road Adulthood, greasy lake, Word Count, main character friends, character friends, lessons learned, dead body, roll joints, bad character, digby jeff, bad characters, road adulthood, “bad characters”,