My Real Car: A Personal Story Of Baile White

The car is one of the most important elements that develops and supports the theme brotherhood. The car is a symbol that is meant to show Lyman and Henry’s close bond, and it holds the key to their definitive separation. The red convertible is also a symbol of success, and a connection to the white world for both Henry and Lyman “ I was

To the common individual, a car is simply a means of transportation. However, from the social stand point, the automobile impacts people’s daily lives in a larger aspect. The modern automobile was inspired by a toy made for a Chinese emperor. The toy was not

that the car is a family car and is aimed at married women mainly but

The clean, low mileage, comfortable riding red truck that my father once drove has become, over the years, a scratched, dented, and rough riding daily driver that my brother and I can barely fit in the back of. Red Roy, as we like to call it, is a 1996 maroon red Toyota T100 with nearly 300,000 miles on it. Surprisingly, this old truck has never had any serious problems. My father would not trade his truck for anything due to the sentimental value that it holds in our family. My dad purchased it, and everyone in the family has driven and ridden in it. The value of a man’s truck after so many years only increases no matter the actual value of it.

The 1920s were a time of extraordinary change and a period of effective enthusiasm in several regions of society. The world had just finished the largest war in history “World War One”, and the United States was left unharmed for the most part from remaining neutral before entering the war in 1917. The people in the United States experienced a colourful period over the span of the twenties which is generally referred to as “the roaring twenties.” However, it was also a very troublesome and rebellious time for many people.

Science is not only an important role in the human culture, but also (science) helps people in multifarious ways in today's world. However, people said that science will hurt human, and they set a block on the scientific road. In the article "Enemies of Promise" wrote by the professor of microbiology at University of California, San Francisco who named Bishop, Michael J. He mentions about even though(although) science already helped people to solve problems, (but) there are many people still do not support science. Moreover, the author of “Cars and Their Enemies” James Q. Wilson is a professor emeritus at UCLA and one of America’s mist respected social critics and conservative thinker. He states that most people would like to travel by car instead of bicycle or train in his article, but he also mentions about that some people who said that this

For us Americans the car is not just a helpful machine that helps us get around. The “sacred” American car is one of the most important status symbols of The American society. The newer and more expensive somebody car is a, the more well-off it’s driver is presumed, in reality that is not really the case.  Many Americans in todays

While reading this week’s reading, I felt a connection with Desiree White. For instance, the first thing she mentions is, “…of course you would notice if someone had different skin color than you did, but to be honest, I didn’t ever think about it. Everyone was the same to me when I was a kid” (White, 2013, pg. 33). I can relate to this because I remember feeling the same way when I was a kid. Even till this day, I still feel this way. I am just more aware of everyone and their unique characteristics. I know for a fact that my identity has a lot to do with my parents and how they shaped me to be. In terms of race/ethnicity, it wasn’t really their choice. I identify as White/Hispanic. Additionally, if we are just talking about me I am currently

My most meaningful possession is my pinewood boyscout derby car. It is a bit of a relic in my life and it show due to the thick layer of collected dust and loosened wheels. Starting from the front of the toy car, it has been scratched and dented in multiple places presumably from hitting the “car stop” at the end of the derby track. Wiping away some of the dust reveals a very dark shade of blue, leaning more towards black even. Designs of green and blue colored koi fish stickers appear on the upper hood. The fish even shimmer a small amount when exposed to bright light. Toward the center of the car is a small piece of metal to make sure the car wouldn’t flip on the track. How this metal is placed almost makes it look like some sort of drivers

With the popularity of movies like The Fast and the Furious and its sequel Too Fast Too Furious, import car culture has now become mainstream. What had started out as a small subset of Southern California car culture has quickly become part of American culture. In the same way hot rodding of the 50s and muscle cars of the 60s was a cultural lifestyle of the youths of that era, the import scene is now the new car culture of our generation. Car culture runs deeply in California. Hot rodders and street racers daily cruise the streets, all started from Asian Americans' love of import cars and racing.

I was 15 and had just bought my car in July with my own money. A 1993 Mustang. I had been saving up since I was 8. I didn’t have a lot of money so the car wasn’t exactly street legal. Don’t worry it wasn’t stolen. It was only missing the entire front half of it. It was December now and I still hadn’t driven it. Nothing had changed. It was still the same glossy black car with the missing front pieces exposing its rustic and bare metal frame. I wanted to drive it, I did, but deep down a part of me kept telling myself that I would never be able to drive the manual gearbox. Sure, I had watched videos of how to do it, but whenever I would take the cover off the car and sit down in it my mind would be overrun with other thoughts of anxiety. So instead

It was a cold rainy night much like any other until we pulled up at a stoplight and all the sudden the unthinkable happened. All the sudden my car was propelled forward with so much force I had no idea what just happened. I was so shaken it took me a minute to realize what happened, my mom was yelling at me thinking I had hit something but it was the other way around. I had just been rear-ended.

FIRST, I had to wait ~8 min for the driver to come, which was unusually long. I chose to pool so it makes sense to wait for a few minutes until the driver finds another person to pool, but I have never waited that long in my previous trips.

From the promises of the automobile to the model-T no one could predict how the car would alter the world we live in. The dependency on the automobile is quickly shifting from not only an American problem, but a global one. As Rudi Volti describes the begging’s of the Automobile, we also see America’s curiosity in the new technology and how it could change our world for the better, (2006). Volti describes how the automobile wasn’t an American invention, but quickly became the American ideal; no one has developed and changed the automobile as much as America, (2006). From the begging the automobile promised freedom that we had never experienced before, it has greatly altered our landscape and our culture. Amy Best describes the Latino youth

Whether it’s a lifted truck running a hemi or a suped up WRX, your dream car embodies what you desire, the life you’d like to live, and the kind of person you’d like to be. Your real car embodies what you have, the life you live, and the kind of person you are.