In the story, Greasy Lake by Bruce Springsteen reflects how teenagers give into bad influences. Bad influences and decisions can cause bad consequences. Being around people like the girls in the story always doing drugs and partying means that the people around that environment all support bad behavior. Just like they found a “bad, greasy” stranger that physically beats them up. This shows that being around bad influences can lead to even worst consequences. It is interesting that the author decided to keep the protagonist’s' car tires intact, "It was true: the tires were intact. There was no windshield, the headlights were staved in, and the body looked as if it had been sledge-hammered for a quarter a shot at the country fair, but the tires