Assignment on English
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Added on 2020-03-16
Assignment on English
Added on 2020-03-16
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Running head: ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT English AssignmentName of the Student:Name of the University:Author note:
1ENGLISH ASSIGNMENTTheme: Just like most of the short stories of Lorrie Moore, You are Ugly Too portrays the life ofan alienated woman and her desperate efforts to find a companion to lead a meaningful life.Thus, isolation is an integral theme here as well. In the story, Zoe Hendricks literally struggles tocarve out a meaningful existence in her life, as she lives alone in Paris, and barely is capable ofstriking any connection with any man in her life- “Zoe had been out with three men since she’scome to Hilldale Versailes”, and yet although they had asked her for coffee, they “soon becametired and intermittent”. However, her confidence that she is superior to others also contributes tothe bitterness and isolation of her life.Besides, mortality is also an important theme of the story. As her sister Evans tries to sether up with a new man, a depressed Zoe clearly refuses to meet anyone, claiming “I think, I’mtoo old for fun”. She keeps on referring to how she has a appointment with her doctor, in order toundergo an ultrasound test for diagnosing “ a large, mysterious growth in her abdomen”. Shealso says how she once bought a dog, and she was being told that either it had cancer or it was hitby a car. Living in a desolate world, and experiencing existential crisis, the thoughts of imminentdeath and illness seems to overshadow her happiness. Narrative Form: Although the reader can empathize with the desolate and alienated condition of theprotagonist, Zoe is never allowed to speak n her person, and narrate the story. This is because,had she narrated the tale, she would have sounded less reliable a narrator, as she would tend tojustify her own perspective in the story. This is why, a third person narrative style has been
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