A short summary of the plot is as follows:The narrator, a book writer, recognizes a woman with whom he had lunch years ago. He suddenly remembers an incident involving this woman from a few years ago.She wrote to him about his books and she wanted to meet him for a luncheon. He was shocked at the time because she had picked a expensive restaurant and he onlyhad a few francs to survive for the month. She starts ordering expensive dish after another and she leaves him broke. He then gets his revenge by seeing that she now weighs a 140kg.The narration of the short story is first person. This is shown
Did I remember?","My heart sank", "as for myself, I chose the cheapest dish". This shows us hisstandpoint and we are moved to feel the same emotions or at least sympathize with the speaker on his situation of having a lunch with an old woman who eats himout of house and home.The short story is divided into three parts which are the exposition, the storyand the climax. The exposition being the start where he looks back in memory 20years in the past.