Read How to Write a Thesis Statement . View my video on writing the thesis statement . Read T.C. Boyle's short story, "Greasy Lake" Write a specific, focused, thesis statement in complex sentence form (dependent + independent clause . that others in class might not agree with and that comes to a conclusion about how the narrator or Digby or Jeff's behavior illustrates a point Orenstein makes about young men in her article, "The Miseducation of the American Boy." This assignment requires you to submit only one sentence. Type your thesis statement in the text box. ...