Muskoka Lakes

"It doesn't matter who number five is. I won't be letting you hurt them," Iridian said confidently, as he began texting someone. Texting at the dinner table? How rude. "You don't know the first thing about kindness, about love," Ilya whispered, getting up and walking closer to me. I raised my eyebrow slightly, curious as to what he was going to do next, as he continued, "and I feel sorry for you, you sadistic f---." Then, Iridian punched me square in the face, hitting my nose. It would be an…

relational continuity constructional units (151) used when the employee expressed that she had to go back to work. Both the mother figure and the son figure stood of to hug her, but the younger teenage daughter remained sitting. Instead, the worker standing stroked the head of the girl sitting – a nonverbal action of haptics (76) which spoke volumes. I took special notice of how each table ended their conversations. I noticed that hugging was more common between females, while a more accepted…

In “Greasy Lake” T. Coraghessan Boyle tells a story of a late night with three boys. The narrator, Digby, and Jeff headed out to Greasy Lake after a long night of going in and out of every bar in town. The narrator, who remains nameless, tells the story. The narration of this story gives the reader a certain insight to the story. In Boyle’s “Greasy Lake”, the first person narration provides insight for the reader to experience things as the narrator does. The narration in “Greasy Lake”…

exact opposite. People are easily victimized by their habitat. In T. Coraghessan Boyle’s short story, “Greasy Lake,” the setting of this foul lake plays a crucial role in developing the climax of the story and ultimately leads to the narrator’s realization that he is wasting his teenaged life. In a cross match twist; Boyle, Digby, and Jeff became themselves when they laid eyes on the greasy lake, and it’s cons. Struggling to control his urges of following his friends; Digby, and Jerry. Boyle…

"Ouch!" Josephine had cut herself, making a sandwich, once again. Sticking her cut finger under running water she called out to her husband, "Earle, can you please get me one of those wonderful bandages you make. "This is the last one and we don't even have anymore gauze or cotton, so you better not get hurt again until I can get my hands on some more," I said handing her a piece of cotton on some adhesive tape and gauze. "I'll try to get some from work today, if James isn't breathing down my…

The server arrived at our table within 2 minutes. Hello, Ma'am how are you today? Can I get you'll start with something to drink? We ordered water, for the time being, we had been talking at had not even looked at the menus. She replied that her name was Rachel and that she would be our server. Rachel returned with our waters and we placed our order with Rachel. Rachel wrote down our orders but did not repeat the orders back to us to confirm the orders. Rachel did not ask would be like to add…

There are responsibilities and there are consequences of actions just as in the short story analyzed in this essay. Greasy Lake, a short story written by T. Coraghessan Boyle illustrates the state of being good and then becoming bad. The story depicts the decisions of average teenagers abandoning their morals to explore the unclean way of life. This story portrays the life…

The setting in T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “Greasy Lake” shows powerful symbols that can help the reader understand certain aspects of story. Greasy lake is a story, where the narrator, who represents Boyle due to his rebellious childhood, goes out with his also “independent friends” to a hang out spot to party and maybe meet women. Little did they know that the lake itself is “fetid and murky” and the surrounding are “mud banks with glittering with broken glass and strewn with beer cans and the…

Mr. Campbell I wanted give you an apology because I was getting started writing my rough draft and I was reading it to myself, and I started to get thirsty, then got up to get a drink. I left the door cracked because it would only take me about 6 minutes. I grab my drink, and while I'm sipping on it, I heard my door open. Next thing you know I hear tearing and ruling; I sit my drink down and run to my room. Once I get there and look down at the floor, my paper is ripped to shreds by my dog. I…

After being asked the question, “Where do you see yourself in 10 years”, Colleen Mackey responded by saying “Hopefully retired and back in my hometown of White Bear Lake where I grew up”. Colleen sat smiling, while she talked about her childhood and teenage years spent in White Bear Lake. Colleen is a successful woman who spends her days running a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center and caring for people who are dealing with an addiction or a mental issue. Colleen has had many twists and turns in…