Analysis Of Decent Of Man By T. Coraghessan Boyle

In the short story, "Decent of man" author T. Coraghessan Boyle introduces dark humor to describe the dying love between the narrator and his girlfriend Jane as she falls romantically for a chimpanzee named Konrad. This is entirely due to her primate research occupation, and possibly the narrators unacceptance towards her work. The narrator starts out by identifying his strong dislike of the horrific odor that permeates the room from Jane working with the small furry creatures. He uses vivid detail to describe the sharp or "razor like" monkey hairs she carries home, and the decaying fruit descending out of her hair into every nook and cranny in the living spaces. The inhuman transformation that Jane was taking on even led her to eating insects