As a reward for his behavior, she rewards him by letting him undo her bra. The then seventeen-year-old Li’l Bit moves next to Uncle Peck who acts like a little child and tells her he has not drank alcohol in a week. She then describes her town Maryland during her young age in the 1960’s and follows this with a setting of her and her uncle sitting in a car in 1969. The play starts with Lil’ Bit as a grown up adult and shows her giving a talk on how to drive. This helps to make the story more interesting and at the same time deliver the themes of the play in a unique and interesting way. She uses flashbacks, narration, and monologues. The playwright delivers her work in an uneven mixture of several styles. What techniques used to move the plot forward make it interesting and/or unusual? In a family it is expected that the older generation should take care of the young one but in the case of Lil’ Bit her uncle preys on her sexually and even proposes to marry her under the disguise of waiting for her to turn eighteen. The play shows how the family members can be their own worst enemies. The play is also based on family relationships. Her grandfather was a sexist while her grandmother was a god fearing former child bride. This is also shown through the relationship her grandparents had. This is significant because it explains why Uncle Peck’s wife did not intervene though there were clear signs that his intentions towards Lil’ Bit were questionable. The play is set in the 1960’s a period where family life was based on the traditional setting where a husband, male in the house, was dominant over the rest of the family. Does the time and place in which the play takes places have any additional relevance? The book also follows issues on misogyny and alcoholism, which seem to be dominant in the family. Her aunt, Peck’s wife, is in denial of her husband’s behavior and does little to stop this molestation (Vogel 19). Their relationship is strained, with her uncle seeking sexual favors from her while she manipulates him wanting to learn how to drive.

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