Brief Summary Of Good People By David Foster Wallace

The short story “Good People”, by David Foster Wallace was published in February of 2007. The story battles with a young unmarried Christian couple who is faced with an unwanted pregnancy. At the heart of the story is a compelling depiction of decision making when neither religion nor love is abiding. Throughout the story, the characters struggle between division and union. David Foster Wallace achieves this effect through his use of setting, plot, and character. The plot of the story is completely simple. Lane A. Dean and Sheri Fisher consider their options about the unwanted pregnancy. The short story is told from third person limited point of view. Lane A. Dean is telling the story from his prospective. Lane A. Dean’s conflict is illustrated in the narrative. The short story is based upon Lane A. Dean’s mind set. With that being said, it jumps from one thing to another. The story is difficult to grasp because the story is being told as if the reader is inside Lane’s head while he is in the decision making process. The depth of the story unravels as a set of morals and

While Lane A. Dean and Sheri Fisher sit upon the top portion of a picnic table, they are faced with the difficulty and embarrassment of going through with Sheri Fisher’s scheduled appointment for an abortion. Lane A. Dean is bounded by what he knows he is supposed to do and being free from having a child with someone he does not know if he loves. While Lane A. Dean reassures Sheri Fisher that he would go with her, he struggles mentally and emotionally with what their spiritual principles request. Sheri Fisher responds by acknowledging, “Where he’d be was the waiting room,” (Wallace 150). Lean A. Dean gets the description of Sheri Fisher being “down to earth,” (Wallace 150) as leading to an abortion or miscarriage because of the “looking at the torn-up hole in the ground there where the tree had gone over,” ( Wallace