"It was not irony. What type of perfume? a student asked once. Room freshener, she said. She smiled, but looked at her, unnerved. " (353, p 5)
The fist part of the story indirectly characterizes Zoe as a professor, who finds her life unbearable, and is difficult to talk to. The only friend she has is her sister, and the rest of the time she is alone or with her student, who do not understand her irony. Not even her sister gets her humor, but overlooks these oddities because they are related. Then we fid out that she can't have kids, furthering the since that she will always be alone. The news of her sister marriage is just a slap in the face after her "check up". It seems that her sister has every thing, and Zoe is not jealous in the slightest. She is emotionless throughout the entire story. When a topic come up that she is uncomfortable with, she will awkwardly change the subject, especially at the mention of love or anything serious. Maybe she gave up on life because of those medical test. Dying would explain why she would sabotage her date and her life.
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