Lorrie Moore's "You're Ugly Too" follows a young American History Teacher Zoe Hendricks she is unmarried and feels alienated in the mid-west. Sexual discrimination issues prompted the college into hiring Zoe. She is often late for class and through the reading you learn that Zoe sings or tells jokes (often using dark humor) when she feels nervous. Lorrie Moore is well-known for using this "dark" humor.
Evan is Zoe's younger sister from Manhattan, she invites Zoe to a Halloween party. Evan is on the verge of getting engaged and she worries about Zoe's love life. In the mid-west Zoe goes on a couple of dates. One of the men even have the nerve to flirt with the other woman while out on a double date. Zoe doesn't go on many second dates.
Evan invites Earl to the party to introduce to Zoe, he is dressed like a naked lady and he is going through a divorce. He wants to talk about love out on the balcony with Zoe, but she can't seem to take him seriously. The story ends with Zoe pretending to push Earl off the 21st story balcony scaring and appalling him. Zoe's character is totally developed, she is given the trait of feeling alienated in the mid-west, a trait that Lorrie Moore also has. She is self-involved and she is true to herself.
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