Black Light: Stories

What is a short-summary of the story, Foxes?

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In “Foxes,” an unnamed narrator listens to her young daughter tell a story about a brave knight fighting his way through various enemies in a forest. While listening, her mother drinks sherry and recalls the details of her toxic relationship with the girl's father, which has recently ended in divorce. Through her memories, the reader sees that both parties were at fault, as they drove each other to drink heavily and exhibited unstable behavior. In the daughter's story, the knight defeats an “inky shape” (87) that stands in the way of his reunion with his child, making it clear that this is an allegory about the collapse of her parents' marriage and the girl's yearning for her father.

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