You're Ugly, Too

The way Lorrie Moore wrote her short story, You're Ugly, Too, was really interesting to me. There were interruptions on pretty much every page. These intrusions were italicized. They sounded like they were by the speaker of the short story. These intrusions into the story also made me believe that the speaker of the story was a student or a former student of Zoe Hendricks. "Professor Hendricks seems to know..." (Moore, 353). This quote shows that the speaker refers to Zoe as Professor.

There was also an allusion to the well known character Heidi. "You were supposed to be Heidi. You were supposed to lug goat milk up the hills and not think twice. Heidi did not complain" (Moore, 354). The people in New Geneva had a very different mindset than did those from Maryland. In New Geneva, one was supposed to always have a positive attitude toward things. Any but would seem horrible and rude. This is why many were intrigued with how Zoe acted. She didn't try to conform to the town and their crazy attitudes.