'Night School' by Raymond Carver

Characterization In the story 'Night School' by Raymond Carver, there are a total of three main characters, namely the protagonist and the two women. The story is told using the first person narrative. The protagonist, who is also the narrator, is a divorcee. This is evident in the first sentence of the story, "My marriage had just fallen apart". The narrator is currently living with his parents as indicated in line 7, "I was staying at …

…to get a free ride to Patterson's place, " 'who needs your goddamn money?' Edith said. 'We need your goddamn car' " (line103-104). This could be the reason why the women chatted him up in the first place. This actually shows that in today's society, the women are no longer inferior to their male counterparts. In fact, in the case of this story, it's clearly shown that women are no longer financially dependent on men.