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Big Game

T. Coraghessan Boyle�s "Greasy Lake" and "" are similarly structured but completely different short stories that explain the transitions of people from fake slaves of their image to genuine and realized individuals. If not portrayed in the stories, the development in the characters certainly escapes into the reader�s imagination and almost magically makes them the learned. The plot of the two stories is one of the strongest lines connecting them together by way of foundation, but at the same time it establishes completely different story lines that follow the same beat.
Boyle�s evolution from "Greasy Lake" to "" has also provided for a ...

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events and characters. A definite change in Boyle�s plot over the course of the two stories however, is the loss in significance and importance of the plot and the take over by setting and character instead.
A well-defined thread connecting the two stories are the plot similarities. In both stories, the characters attempt to be what they are not. The plot revolves around this central theme and shows them doing things they aren�t fit to do. Whether it is shooting a lion or fighting a tough guy, the series of characters do several things in the course of the plot that define their respective stories. Also similar is the type of people the stories focus on. In both, the characters were upper-middle-class people whom the plots revert to their natural selves. Finally, in both stories the action is focused on events that are away from civilization and are out of the ordinary. The developments aren�t easily intervened and are also events that aren�t done everyday.
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