Characterization of the narrator

In this section, we will help you with the characterization of the narrator. The story is a first person narration, which means that the narrator is also a character in the story and all the actions narrated are told through her point of view.

As we mentioned we do not know the gender of the narrator. However, we can assume that the narrator is a female; a teenage girl: “It wasn’t so much that Eugene and I liked each other, or that there was any possibility of romance between us”. (ll. 2-3)

She despises the suburb Franconia, where she lives, and she dreams of moving far away. This is also what draws her closer to Eugene, who has the same views: “It was that we both despised Franconia, the suburb we were both doomed to live.” (ll. 3-4), “Eugene and I were in business together, earning money for our escape from town…” (l. 12)

Even though, we do not know what grade the narrator is in, we can assume that she is a clever student, because she is able to write high school papers for other studen...