Short-Stories Analysis: Discussion Board

The Gale Virtual Reference Library has several interesting short stories. Some of the stories that I found are worth analyzing, because of their interesting plot, theme, characters, and other genre elements include A Clean Well Lighted Place, Greasy Lake, the Yellow Wallpaper, the Tell-Tale Heart and Everyday Use. 

Article 1: The Greasy Lake T. Coraghessan Boyle

has been famous in using fictions locations in his literary works to base stories about real-life situations. For instance, the author in his work the Greasy Lake uses a fictitious location to analyze a critical issue, which was affecting the younger population during the 1970s. Young people were facing an identity crisis and hormones pressure. Their behavior identifies with the theme of Primitiveness. The narrator and his friends believe that they are above life and they were above the law and they could engage in actions against the societal norms. For instance, according to the author, we were all dangerous characters then. We wore torn-up leather jackets, slouched around with toothpicks in our mouths.(Boyle 49). The narrator, in this case, believed that engaging in silly acts was a way of showing they are civilized, while in reality, they appeared uncultured especially among the elderly persons. The two ladies, in the end, attempt to welcome the young boys into the mens club, but the young characters were now humbled to realize their behaviors do not embrace civilization. Peer Response To: The Greasy Lake is written by T. Coraghessan Boyle which is a story about learning from your mistakes.