Bekah:   i like how the author used the truck to represent freedom. it's the only way for charles to get away from everything, and i can relate to that because i just got my driver's license.  salim:   i can see how a truck or a license could symbolize freedom to you, but in the book i think it's just the opposite. didn't charles hate his job as a delivery driver? it seems to me that the truck was chaining him to a life he hated.   a. keeping things moving  b. synthesizing ideas  c. challenging ideas  d. asking clarifying questions