Baker’s audience is more than likely targeted towards students. There are two probable types of students he could be speaking to, either students who enjoy writing and are possibly considering it as a career or those who don’t and find composition mundane. When he states “The notion of becoming a writer had flickered off and on in my head since the Belleville days, but it wasn’t until my third year in highschool that the possibility took hold.” From this you can he had an interest in writing, but he hadn’t always enjoyed it “until then I’d been bored by everything associated with English courses” In which he admits to finding writing once boring and more a nuisance than an enjoyment.
Baker's actual short story is obviously in a formal structure , but his tone tells another story. His personal experiences and use of informal wording gives off an informal tone that keeps the reader interested. For example “I took the list home and dawdled before the night the essay was due” in this quote he uses the word dawdled to describe his procrastination the night before his assignment was due, something most of his reader who are students can relate to.
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