Recommended: Major themes in Cruise Control by S. J. Watson
Final Paper Assignment Driving While Stupid, a Miami Herald column written by humorist Dave Barry, was written with the intent to make readers aware of the bad driving habits of today’s motorists. Dave started off his column by mentioning that he wanted to tell the reader of something he saw while driving on the I-95 Interstate in Miami, Florida. Before he did so, however, he felt compelled to provide proof that Miami drivers are the worst drivers in the world.
I’m afraid Arthur now too.” Paul has a low self-esteem. He is weak and does not think that he can stand up for himself. “I can see things that Mom and Dad can’t. Or won’t.”
That’s what he really looks like.” (Bloor, 281) The consequence of the choice had a negative impact on Paul because everyone found out who the burglars are. This affected Paul in a negative way because people referred to him as Erik Fisher’s brother, so people thought he was as bad as his brother, so he couldn’t make new
He is worried about his new school, fitting in and just in general moving to a new state and everything that goes with it. One thing that was pressuring Paul was soccer tryouts. If he didn't make the team what would he do? Soccer was one of the only familiar things to him since he moved away leaving his old town, school, friends and more.
Even though Paul is passionate and very good at being a soccer goalie, his eyesight, caused by him looking straight into a solar eclipse when he was six, is poor. And he has to overcome how people believe he can’t see anything. Erik is feared for most of the novel, even though he stays silent and it seems to just be Paul’s paranoia in the first few chapters. Through the novel, though, it is proved that Erik Fischer is a horrible brother to Paul, yet Paul still overcomes his fear of his older brother in the end, because his brother is truly a coward.
He was now able to play soccer again and win the championship. Then Erik and Arthur (his best friend) went around causing trouble. One of Paul's friends (Tino) had an older brother named Luis. Erik hit Tino when he was standing up for himself. Luis then went to stand up for him when Arthur was instructed by Erik to hit Luis in the head.
On page 205, the book shows Paul thoughts by saying, “Immediately, faster than I thought he could, faster than Tino thought he could, Erik lashed out, smashing the back of his hand across Tino’s face, smashing him so hard that Tino spun halfway around in the air and landed on the grass.” As a result of Tino taunting Erik about the “banana-peel-flip”, purposefully provoking Erik because of his comment of “‘...I think it’s great that these farm-labor kids get to spend a day away from the fields.’” (page 204), Erik had hit Tino’s face . By doing this, Erik had caused a rift Paul and his friends. Paul also struggled with whether or not to tell his parents about what happened, and he wonders why he can’t tell them about the actions of
Paul stand up to his parents and goes to tangerine middle school on page 94.Because of this Paul becomes part of a community. This leads to Paul standing up to his dad by the end of the book. Paul's decision to join the soccer team affects paul because he can have a fresh start in soccer and school. Paul’s final step toward courage happens when he finally speaks up against his brother, Erik.on page 206 Erik Punches Tino, which causes Paul to stand up to Erik on page 212.
Final “Driving While Stupid” written by Dave Barry explains to his readers why Miami, Florida is the most dangerous place to drive in in the world because of the reckless drivers. Though it is not a fact that Miami has the most dangerous drivers, he explains why he believes it could be the most dangerous by telling the readers the experiences he has been in in many other places. The way he gets his argument across is by using many different hyperboles to emphasis the main point of this short story. In the beginning of his short story, Dave Barry, gives the readers a setting of the “worst darned drivers in the world.”
He wasn’t afraid anymore which positively impacts Paul through the story. Similarly, Paul fought for his opinion on page 228, when Paul tells Tino that they should be able to go to his house without living in fear of his brother. He was fed up with his brother, he was now taking a stand. He didn’t just want to be a bystander of Erik’s actions anymore. This affected Paul because of Luis he started to stand up for himself
Paul shows how bad of a guy he is with the way he reacts and treats Rashad after Rashad was accused of theft. The way that He tried to hide from it and not think about it shows that he knows he did something wrong and is just too scared to admit it. Not only did he abuse his power but because of that he put an innocent man in the hospital.
In addition, Paul was injured in the book and goes home and stays with her family while he recovers. He is no longer able to relate to his family, since it is very difficult to think and have emotions and at the same time with much death all around him in the war. There is much talk of how he and his friends do not think about deep things, but just think about eating and silly things. His father and people over all his people want me to tell them stories of war and hate Paul because their experiences are horrible. Paul has just returned to the fight and basically everyone in the book is wounded and dies.
Around the same section, Erik says the name “Castor” which triggers a memory Paul had blocked for a long time, the truth behind his visual impairment and that Erik was at fault for it. This led to Paul accepting it was not his fault and he finally stopped blaming himself for it. In conclusion, Paul started off as a wimpy, fearful kid who ended up finding a lot about himself and turned out a strong, independent young man. He had an incredible arch of character development throughout the entire novel, with changes in himself and the outside of him.
Paul is a hardworking man and unlike Okonkwo, loves and cares for his family very much. Throughout the movie, Paul does everything he can to make sure his family and everyone else is safe and survives this hell they’re all going
He spent numerous days working endlessly, he was objectified, studied, and given a numerical sense of worth, he had his freedom mocked by a rooster, and found escaping to be the only way out of the misery that became his life in Sweet Home. Schoolteacher’s reign pushed him beyond limits that broke him, and left him broken for the remainder of his life. He preferred to have jumped in the fire with Sixo than to continue living the way he was. However, having been caught escaping he was sent to Georgia where he faced even more torment alongside other men. While the chain gang did escape, Paul D was not the same.
