Topic > A Good Person in Good People by David Foster Wallace

Lane A. Dean Jr's girlfriend was one of these people. He does things because he feels it from his heart, not because that's what God and society want to see in a good person. She is pregnant before marriage, despite being a Christian, but instead of giving up her baby to make a good impression in society, she decides to keep it after birth, to “have it and love it” (228). He doesn't even impose any obligation on Lane, saying he "releases him" and wishes him "joy and every good thing" (228). He doesn't just do things to look good, after all, it could have made Lane equally responsible for the child, but instead left him free to finish his education and enjoy life. For example, Lane's mother says she is "down to earth" and said she could tell because Sherri made it "evident in little ways" (225). Her actions come from the purity of her heart and soul, she does small things to show the goodness in her heart and does not believe in doing drastic good deeds to show society how she