Analysis and Interpretation of Raymond Carver, ”Night School” (Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? 1976)

684 Words3 Pages
English assignment: Analysis and interpretation of Raymond Carver, ”Night School” (Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? 1976) The story takes place in a bar at first but then they went out and walked to the protagonist parent’s house. The characters in the text is the protagonist as we do not get the name of, and to ladies witch in the start was defined as “the first woman” and “the other woman”. We also hear a little about the protagonist wife, and a little about his parent’s. Later you’ll find out that one of the women’s named is Edith. The protagonist’s marriage was falling apart, he didn’t have a job and his lover wasn’t in town, so he sits at a bar drinking beer and feels sorry for himself. He starts to talk with the to ladies about what there were doing for everyday. He tells that he is going to school when he want’s to. The two girls said that they also go to school. They are taking a reading class every Monday night. The protagonist would like to be a teacher. The two women would like to go and visit their teacher from the evening class they are taking, because the think that the protagonist reminds them of the teacher, but they needs a car to go and see the teacher. They ask the protagonist if he has a car and if he would like to drive them to the teacher’s house. The protagonist’s wife has their car, so he suggests that they go home to his parents and borrow their car. They are taking a six-pack with them and they started walking. When they arrived the protagonist went in to get the keys to the car while the to women waited outside. The protagonist’s dad was sitting in the living room watching television. The protagonist tells his dad about the ladies that he promised a ride, were waiting outside and he needed the car. His dad thinks that it’s a bad idea, and that he should just let them wait. He decided to do that. He went upstairs to his room, and he

More about Analysis and Interpretation of Raymond Carver, ”Night School” (Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? 1976)

Open Document