Lorrie Moore, Foes

This story was interesting because it is very recent and it incorporated some of the ideas and thoughts that have been important to America for the last several months. I enjoyed the ease that the author was able to add ideas of politics into the story without making it seem boring, or hard to understand. It was clever to use an old married couple to bring these ideas to light, so that although you are focused on what it being said, it does not seem to be the only thing the story is about. I usually do not care for political pieces because I feel that the author is trying to push their ideas onto me. But this story did not seem pushy at all. It was like the two characters were having a debate, and the outcome was not all that important. I really enjoyed this short story.