This story was about an optimistic fifteen year old, Jeremy, who has a crush on his older friend, Ashlyn, who takes him home from school. Jeremy seems to be wanting the opportunity to impress his crush, and after she makes a small comment about his hole fuilled bumpy dirt road, Jeremy finds the perfect opportunity to impress Ashlyn with his "strength" and "work ethic," but if Ashlyn was anything like me, I'd just think hi dad filled the holes and repaired the driveway. During his attempt to fix the road, rain begins to mudy everything up, resulting in Jeremy getting his dad's truck stuck. Like many parents, Jeremy's dad realizes his son's remorse over his failed plan to win Ashlyn with his smooth driveway and maturity.
I enjoyed the dialogue between Ashlyn, Jeremy, Denver, and even Jeremy's dad. I found it realistic and believeable. Also, I found many of the actions by each charcter very believeable. Ashlyn's older character is fairy care-freeecause she doesn't have to impress Jeremy, but Jeremy is jumping at the opportunity to show Ashyn his manly maturity. Jeremy's friend, Denver, is also very realistic. He hints that Jeremy should just come out and say that he wants to impress Ashlyn and thinks fixing his driveway is a dumb way to impress someone. Nonetheless, like many firends, he leaves Jeremy to his work. Jeremy's dad has a pretty normal and rational reaction to his son getting his truck stuck in the mud. From eperience, I know my dad would probably be a little more upset at first, but then when we realized I was simply in the driveway doing work that he never had to ask me to do, he woud be content to help me out and pull the truck from the mud.
I only wish I could have seen a little more of what the road ended up looking like and if Ashlyn eve noticed later on. Did she think ny different of Jeremy? Did she not think anything of it? Or did she just think his dad fixed it? Nonethless, I enjoyed the story and found it humorous at times as well as insightful.
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