While daydreaming about fancy cars, FM radios, cruise control, mellow speakers and his certainty that he did not want to be involved in life's daily grind, his mind wanders from reality and he causes a car accident. Jake has no intention of being honest with the woman involved in the accident. His intention is to distract her from getting important insurance information so that he doesn't get caught. When she asks to see his driver's license his respo

Jake's desire in life to have the material things is complicated by the fact that he is not willing to work for them. Jake had no problem of thinking about sexy women in tequila ads or fancy perfumes but struggled greatly with the reality of how to acquire these material things. The problem for Jake is that he would have to change his whole lifestyle in order for these things to happen. As Jake sits stuck in traffic he questions how his life would be better if he maintained a steady job. " He didn't really mind because he knew how much worse it could be trying to make a left onto the onramp. He certainly didn't do that everyday of his life, and he'd assure anyone who'd ask that he never would either. A steady occupation had its advantages and he couldn't deny thinking about that too." The quote illustrates, how Jake was stuck. He knows the answer to his problems is work but he can't commit to the responsibilities of having a daily job. When faced with this reality he retreats into his daydreams rather than doing the work.

Jake's morals and ethics are very distorted. H

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