In David Foster Wallaces short story Good People, Lane A. Dean, Jr. finds himself facing a situation that calls into question his faith and values and his self-understanding of what it is to be good. Shannon Elderon posits in The Shaping of Storied Selves in David Foster Wallaces The Pale King the possibility that in Wallaces later works including Good People, stories change their tellers. (510). This statement can be understood as the story the narrator/character tells (his or her self) acts as a kind of communication and impacts the understanding of the narrator/character.
Through analysis of Good People how and why does Lane A. Dean, Jr.s idea of what it means to be good change? Support this with evidence from the text. What might this change helps us to understand about Wallaces ideas concerning growing up and communicating in conflicted situations?
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