But the most convincing reason is the one she gives to us: “I wasn’t crazy about anything I had been called up to that point in life, and this seemed like the time to make a clean break”. At the end she keeps one of them, the other not. The first promise is getting a new name. The way she wants to achieve it by driving all the way through the cities of Kentucky and Oklahoma and where the car stops, (because there is no more gas left) that would be the name to take. The fact that the character leaves such an important decision to destiny is an important view to her personality.
Hazel acts independently throughout the story because of how she is treated. People around her like her relatives let her act and talk the way she does, for example; her grandfather refers to her as “scout” because she navigates and directs the car when she sits in the front. Hazel’s Grandpa says, “Which way, Scout, you got sense enough to say take the next exit or take a left” (449). This puts Hazel in a leading position where she is in charge and feels as if she is belittling others which makes her feel like an adult. Not only that, the way Hazel’s parents raised her is a factor of how she acts independently.
This law is important because if someone feels that their life is being threatened in their own home they must be able to defend themselves. Dr. Frank Sommer, a dentist in Tulsa, woke in the middle of the night to the sound of his garage door opening, took his gun to check things out and realized it was intruders, he fired his gun and yelled, hitting one of the two intruders. This incident is a perfect example of a person defending himself in his own home. This caused Oklahoma to pass the "Make My Day " law. Earlier in the same year, six elderly people were killed in there homes by burglars, there was no way for them to protect themselves.
One evening she attended a party and meet a guy named Casey. They spent that night together and very quickly formed a relationship. Jessica even went against her mother's advice and allowed Casey to watch Ryan in the evenings while she worked. Jessica is not taking care of her self the way she should and Ryan is being neglected by Casey when under his care. When Jessica returns home
I buckled myself in and made sure everyone else was too, just in case. My sister told me to take my left foot and push the very left peddle in as far as I could, but along with my right foot on the brake then start the car. After I had my feet settled, she showed me how to put it in first. Now came the multi- tasking, I let off the brake and started giving it gas while also slowly easing off the clutch. I was pretty sure that I was doing it right until the car started jerking back and fourth, I knew this was not good, but had no clue how to stop it.
While they have had their share of opponents, MADD has remained an ally to those committed to keeping everyone on the road safe (Loewit-Phillips & Goldbas, 2013). Mothers Against Drunk Driving: The Creation of MADD Candy Lightner was the typical American mother, until a tragic accident took the life of her daughter in 1980. While walking with a friend in the bike lane in California, her daughter was struck by a drunk driver. In the wake on this tragedy, Candy and her friends began MADD. She also met a mother in Maryland dealing with the devastating consequences of drunk driving; she was struck by a drunk driver while in her car with her five month old daughter.
This is a subtle but effective parallel to the couple in the car who could be considered in the winter of their lives. At first glance nothing seems amiss, then we learn that there is a shower curtain spread over the front seat. I actually reread that sentence twice just to make sure I didn’t read it wrong. I guess I’ve seen one too many mafia movies because my first thought was “OMG he’s gonna whack her!” but I continued reading and realized that she knew it was there. This was Meinke’s first big clue that a seemingly normal visit to the shoreline was going to get messy.
Shanna has issues with hr brothers likewise with her dad because of the racial issues that currently exist in the house. Shanna has just started secondary school and has now met new friends who are mostly black. She has suddenly developed different taste in music- food and family life in general which is diffrnt in contrast to hr family. Shanna is now at the age where she feels that she cannot relate to her step dad and step brothers because of hr identity which didn’t bother hr before up until now. She has recently started hanging around more with hr 'black friends family and stays the night sometimes to avoid going home to her dad and brothers.
Even though I was having fun at the time, in the back of my mind I knew it was a really stupid thing to do. Before the night was over I had proved that thought to be so true. Not only did we get caught, but it was in front of all our friends and their parents. We had been drinking at a high school football game. After the humiliation of being sat down in a patrol car, being laughed at by everyone who witnessed us, I still had to tell my parents.
I cannot quite seem to comprehend Darla’s true feelings about the morning after pill though. It seems that she, in her own words is not prepared for kids, and the responsibility, but her body language seems somehow saddened when someone mentions the morning after pill, and she does not seem to be enjoying the ignorance for the facts that Jon seems to be radiating. Jon and she are set up for an event at one of Jon’s good friend Trevor’s place, where he lives with his wife Mandy and their son. When they arrive at the party, Jon quickly opens a beer and soon after another one, meanwhile Darla speaks with Mandy, who seems to be still a few pounds off her previous weight, which was still a bit over the top then. Mandy and Trevor have a pool and the men seem to be enjoying it.