Twice in “Greasy Lake”—in paragraphs 2 and 32—appear the words,“This was nature.” What contrasts do you find between the “nature” of the narrator’s earlier and later views?
What will be an ideal response?
That the narrator of “Greasy Lake” grows and changes during his adventures is apparent from the two views of “nature” he voices. Early in the story, “nature” was wanting “to snuff the rich scent of possibility on the breeze, watch a girl take off her clothes and plunge into the festering murk, drink beer, smoke pot, howl at the stars, savor the incongruous full-throated roar of rock and roll against the primeval susurrus of frogs and crickets” (par 2.) By the end of the story, these swinish pleasures have lost their appeal. When, at dawn, the narrator experiences the beauties of the natural world as if for the first time, he has an epiphany: “This was nature” (par. 32).
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