Theme in DRIVING MISS DAISY

             Miss Daisy is rude, sarcastic, and a little bit prejudiced, but she also shows herself as caring and affectionate.
             When Miss Daisy says her first words to Hoke, "Don't talk to Idella, she has work to do," I think she is being very rude, especially as she doesn't know him. Other examples of her rudeness are when she tells her friends not to get their cigarette ash in her peach ice cream after they complimented it, and when she is treating Hoke like a child when he needs to pee. In these instances in the play, I think Miss Daisy needs to think of others more.
             Miss Daisy is sarcastic in the play too. She is sarcastic when when she is telling Hoke to drive away quickly but she didn't say speed! This is an example of when she is being sarcastic in a mean way, but there are also instances when is sarcastic playfully, like when she tells Hoke she thinks he's a mess after he got snow all over the floor.
             Miss Daisy appears a little bit prejudiced, even though she says she's not. When she is talking about "when I lived on Forsythe Street" and she says she couldn't afford "them" she is being prejudiced.
             There are not many examples of of Miss Daisy being caring yet there are a few. When she is teaching Hoke to read at the cemetery and when she gives him a book to teach him to write are examples of her affection.
             There is one part in the play where I think she is being funny; when she tells Boolie to go charm the nurses is my example. I cannot think of anymore except when she says Florine's nose is big.
             Even though she is rude and sarcastic, I like the character, Miss Daisy, and I think Hoke helped he to be more caring.