A Dash for Freedom

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A dash for freedom “A dash for freedom” is a short story where we meet the middleclass family that include Ray Drower, his wife Eleanor and their teenage daughter Penny, we also meet Penny’s “friend” Andy. I want to talk a little about who Ray Drower is, a little about Eleanor, Penny and Andy is, how Eleanor and Ray reactions when they first meet Andy, a little about the point of view, the meaning of the title, the meaning of the ending and at last my conclusion. Ray Drower is middle-aged man who works as a accountant for a big insurance company, he is a big day dreamer, and dreams often about a better and more exiting life “He often day-dreamed about the life he might have lived, the actor he might have been, the drunken fights he might have been in! And the women!” (L.3-L.5), Ray is very found of Penny’s new “friend” Andy, he admires Andy’s carelessness and view on life and he can see a little of himself in Andy or how he wanted to have been when he was in his age. Eleanor is Ray’s wife; she is a little uptight and very protective over their daughter, she seems not to be very found of her daughters new “friend” Andy because he always interrupt Penny in her homework time and take her late home after Eleanor finally had given permission on letting Penny ride the motorbike. Penny is seventeen; she is a polite and you can see it in her language “Yes, these are my father and mother” (L.20), a little childish when she tries to beg Eleanor into give her permission on riding the motorbike with Andy because she begs and begs, she is smart because she is ahead with her A-levels studies, she is really found of her new “friend” Andy. Andy is big strong boy that loves motorbikes, motocross and expensive cloths, he is careless, a little corky because when he finally get to take Penny out and ride the motorbike he comes home with her after dark even when Eleanor
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