Vogel

How I Learned To Drive is a complex story involving several characters as part of the setting, but is mostly focused on the relationship between Peck and Lil' bit. I think Vogel chose to use a greek chorus because she didn't want to spend anytime acquainting the audience to a number of people, as it wasn't necessary to her plot, but she also couldn't tell that story properly with only two characters in it. The chorus signifies mother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt mary, and other small parts like the waiter. These characters make up the back story, and the current setting of each scene. The fact that these characters aren't exactly real in the way that Peck and Lil' bit are shows how unaffected those two are by their presence in their lives. Peck and Lil' bit are concerned with themselves and each other, neither of them honestly care about the opinions of the rest of their family, and not giving those family members substantial characters helps portray that.

Vogel also chose to tell her story out of order. I think she wanted the audience to see Peck and Lil' bit both in positive light, in order to really grasp their relationship without judging one or the other. Writing it out of order kept some of the bad out until the end, and made a sort of suspense to when the audience felt it necessary to pick a side. Regardless of what you watch or read, its natural to chose a character to favor. Obviously, Peck was wrong from the start, but Vogel did a good job of connecting him to the audience for as long as she could. I think she wrote this out of order because she wanted her audience to be faced with making their own decision about what they think should be considered morally correct. As opposed to making it an understood, almost forced opinion.