How I Learned to Drive

         As I read the play “How I Learned to Drive” written by Paula Vogel, I felt very disgusting and shocking, and wanted to stop the reading.  In the first scene of the play, I thought Li’l Bit and Peck were just like a normal couple.  However, when I found out that Peck was Li’l Bit’s uncle, I felt so disgusting and frustrating.  Even though they are not blood related, it made me sick when Peck and Li’l Bit spending time together and having physical touches.  It was more shocking when I realized that Peck is a married man.  Not only he is cheating on his wife, but also disrespecting and betraying his own family.  It is stated in the play that Peck had a problem with alcohol in the past, and now he is having a problem with pedophilia.  When Peck was dead, I never felt sorry for him since all he had done was wrong and unbelievable, and thought that he deserved the death.  Not only Peck made the play shocking and disgusting, but also Li’l Bit made me sick.  The main reason why Peck and Li’l Bit had this kind of relationship was mostly, Li’l Bit’s fault because she is the one who did not stop the relationship with Peck even though her mother warned her to get away from Uncle Peck.  She knew this relationship was crazy, and it is going to hurt many people, but she built the relationship with Peck and everything got messed up after that.  I am not sure that Vogel intended to disgust the audiences, but this was the first play that I have read so far that made me sick.