Why is the man in black mentioned. Examine the details and explain how he ties in with the subject of their abortion. good people by Wallace

I think the man in black represents a few things. He is a stranger, never in focus or in detail. Lane is beginning to see himself as a stranger. Lane does not see himself or his girlfriend in the same way as he used to. The man in black could signify attendance at a funeral: perhaps of their future dead baby.