How I Learned to Drive - Part 2 Summary & Analysis

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How I Learned to Drive - Part 2 Summary & Analysis

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Part 2 Summary

Li'l Bit steps out of the car and tells us some of her family history; she is helped in this by a three person Greek Chorus, the members of which take on the roles of her grandfather, grandmother, and mother at various points throughout the play. Peck joins in as one witnesses a family dinner where Grandmother make comments about the size of Li'l Bit's breasts, while Grandfather makes inappropriate sexual remarks and Mother remains mostly silent. Li'l Bit gets angry with Grandfather, and Peck tries to calm Li'l Bit down; she loses her temper, though, and leaves the table. She then turns to us and explains that as an adult, she got kicked out of university because she was drunk all the time, and that after she left, she spent her days and nights cruising the back roads of Maryland. She tells...

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