Much like learning how to ride a bicycle, learning how to drive is something you only need to do once. Unfortunately, Li’l Bit learned to control a vehicle through Uncle Peck controlling her body. The play’s main focus is Li’l Bit learning how to drive, which metaphorically represents Li’l Bit learning how to take control of her life. The play’s main focus is that sometimes the people who help us are the ones controlling and hurting us the most.
Learning how to drive is a critical point in everyone’s life since it gives you the freedom to choose where you want to be and where you want to go, so one would wonder why Li’l Bit would want Uncle Peck to teach her this freedom. From the first scene in the play it is evident that the family does not
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To show this, during family interactions bright lights would be used on the family, however there will be a dim light over Li’l Bit to show disconnect. During interactions with Uncle Peck, the light should be dim to represent the darkness and confliction of the situation. It should be pitch black around the characters to show that Li’l Bit has nowhere to escape. However, outside the driving lessons the lighting should be warm and bright to show that Uncle Peck is trying to act like a nice guy in order to get his dark desire. I think it is important to have Li’l Bit’s family look like a lower class white family, except for Uncle Peck who seems well dressed and mannered. Having an impoverished looking home will further the thought that Li’l Bit has nowhere to go since there will be no support from school nor home. Uncle Peck will be well dressed and mannered to show that he was trying to be ‘the knight in shining armor’ despite the fact that he is the one doing the most harm. Li’l Bit should drive off in the same type of car Uncle Peck taught her in to show that he left a scar. However, Li’l Bit’s attire should be bright to show that despite being in the body that was abused for years, Li’l Bit is now under full