Deb Unferth Summary

Deb Unferth makes an interesting artistic choice by placing the short story, McDonald’s, the natural conclusion to the overlying story arch, at the beginning of the piece. In fact, she furthers this choice when she offers a similar aside in the beginning of the very next chapter that summarizes the plot of the chapters to come. Unferth places the ending of the story first, giving insight into the characters perspectives in a point blank manner. Revealing in this case even the morals of the story at the beginning. Details such as these would normally be gleamed from character interactions and plot developments later in the story. Deb and George are two very different individuals. Deb is a stereotypical rebellious teenager. She is constantly