Riding In the Cars with Boys - Post 3

Summary: Now at this point in the story Beverly finds herself at a turning point in her life. Now because
all easy way options are eliminated she feels force to go about her life the right way. So in trying this “new life” out she gets a full scholarship to a college out of town. There she takes her son Jason, her first impression was others will look and ridicule when in reality that were many people in that similar situation. As she goes on she become more familiar with extensive vocabulary that even when she lashes out on her family, they don’t even understand fifty percent of what she’s saying. As time as goes on this get a tad bit harder for her.
            Someway some how on Bev’s discoveries she found some one with a mint green Volkswagen that would come in handy with her having a child and all. Five hundred dollars and a couple of months later her car get stole. She blames her dean, God and other higher figures for her misfortune. One day Bev marches down to the Dean’s office and demands for them to take off one of her classes due to working part time and raising a child. As the story continues Bev graduates and moves to New York. Then before you know it Jason is now 17 going off to college. Here is where Bev challenges her emotions weather to be alone and happy, or with her family and extremely stress.
 
 Quote: “I love you too,” he says. I resist the urge to look for him in the rearview. By the time I reach my first stop sign, I’m sobbing so hard I have to pull to the side of the road. It occurs to me that I never felt so alone in my life. I make a turn that points in the directions of Wallingford, and when I see the old river approaching I feel much calmer. I decide to spend the evening at my parents’, but once I reach the entrance to the interstate I’ve changed my mind. I turn south, and go home. (Onofrio 204)”
 
Reaction: This is the only time when Bev had lost something / someone and didn’t blame anyone for it. This time she confronted whatever problem was in front her and moved forward. A special note is that when she moved forward it was within not with the false pretenses and uses of other people around her.