Analysis Of Greasy Lake And Barn Burning - 856 Words

Making Decisions is a Big Part of Life In life we are challenged daily in making the right or wrong decision. In order to do what is right it takes a strong will person who is a leader and not a follower of the masses. The authors T. Coraghessan Boyle and William Faulkner in the short stories â€Å"Greasy Lake† and â€Å"Barn Burning†, portrayed how individuals can be leaders and ultimate make good decisions against all odds. So what character traits help these young men to eventually become good decisions makers? In the short story â€Å"Greasy Lake† the young men were peer pressured into being someone that they thought was cool. These boys represented the average teenage boy trying to figure out who they are and what they want to be. During the boys century it was cool to be the bad guy that smokes and drinks. The author states in the short story that â€Å"There was a time when courtesy and winning ways went out of style, when it was good to be bad, when you cultivated decadence like a taste (Faulkner).† The boys believed if they were the â€Å"bad boys† that girls would like them. However, the protagonist were portrayed as being raised in a middle class home with parents trying to raise their children the proper way. This short story more so about how a group of young men try to against what they have been initial taught by their parents. The three boys encountered a ton of situations that they put themselves in. For example, the practical joke, the wrong car, wrong girl, another car/body,