Driving Miss Daisy

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Driving Miss Daisy

• Drama

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Vocabulary

• appalling horrifying
• competence state of being capable
• demolish wreck
• derivation origin
• dubiously in a doubtful way

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Vocabulary

• perpetual lasting forever
• recoil to draw back
• reprisal retaliation
• sniping attacking in a sly way
• upholstery fabric on furniture

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Background

• This drama, which takes place in the South
  between 1948 and 1973, is about a wealthy Jewish
  widow and the African-American chauffeur who
  works for her.

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Reading a Screenplay

• When you see the movie Driving Miss Daisy, you
  will understand where the action occurs just by
  watching. In the screenplay, changes in time and
  location are written. Each new scene is marked
  by a word or phrase in capital letters that tells
  where it takes place. Since the play spans many
  years, the year, if it has changed from the
  previous scene, is named next. Read all of the
  stage directions carefully so that you can keep
  track of when and where the action occurs.

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Reading a Screenplay

• When you listen to the movie, you will have no
  trouble understanding the dialect spoken by the
  actors. In the script, the author shows dialect
  by omitting letters and respelling words. If you
  come to dialect that seems confusing, try reading
  it aloud.
• For example, Hoke says, You doan mean! Oscar
  say you need a driver for yo family. What I be
  doin? Read the lines aloud and you will hear
  the meaning

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Element

• Foil is a character who provides a striking
  contrast to a main character. Foils help to draw
  attention to certain qualities in the main
  character.

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Vocabulary

• Idiom
• What does youre a doodle mean? P. 422
• Youre a silly person

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Cultural Sidelight

• Mah-jongg is an ancient Chinese game that is
  still played in many parts of the world. It is
  similar to rummy, except that 136 or 144 tiles
  engraved with Chinese symbols and pictures are
  used instead of cards. P. 423

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Inference

• Why is Daisy reluctant to take the book and
  refuses the extra peaches and watermelon?
• She knows that she cant carry them all and walk
  home?

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Character

• What is your first impression of Hoke?
• He is competent, experienced and resourceful, he
  speaks in an honest, straightforward manner, he
  is an independent thinker.

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Review

• What is the meaning of Hokes story. Why does
  he talk about wrestling hogs at this moment?
• He is indirectly comparing Daisy to a stubborn
  hog. Even if she resists him, he will persist in
  trying to get her to cooperate.

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Inference

• Why do you think Daisy is so strongly against
  having a chauffeur?
• She says hell eat all her food and run up her
  phone bill. If Daisy were really worried about
  Hokes eating or phone habits, she would jusxt
  lay down the law to him and make sure her rules
  were followed. There must be another reason.

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Inference

• Daisy wants to be independent. Maybe Daisy
  resists a chauffeur because she doesnt want to
  admit she cant be totally independent any more.
  She doesnt want to see herself as a helpless
  old woman who must depend on others.

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Character

• What does Hokes response to Daisy reveal about
  his character?
• He is sort of like Daisyshe wont talk about
  some thins and he wont either Hoke can be very
  friendly but also knows when to keep his mouth
  shut he has a strong sense of dignity.

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Character

• What does Daisys insistence on taking Highland
  Avenue show about her?
• She is a creature of habit she does not wish to
  change her ways so late in life she will assert
  her will in small details since she has made the
  major concession of letting Hoke drive.

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Review

• Look at the stage directions. How much time has
  passed? How do you know?
• About two months. The story opens in August
  1948, and it is now autumn.

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Review

• How does Hokes idea about wealth contrast with
  Daisys? P. 433 Use your Venn diagram to
  complete this question.

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Review
How does Hokes idea about wealth contrast with
Daisys?
She says it is vulgar to display Wealth and she
does Not want to admit that she is rich
He would be proud of being rich
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Evaluate

• To whom is Daisy referring when she says they
  all take things?
• Does Daisys statement reflect prejudice? If
  yes, why? P. 433

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Historical Sidelight

• Literacy was even more wide spread n the era of
  the play than it is today. The inability to read
  may have been the result of bad schools or a need
  to drop out of school in order to work. African
  Americans were often prevented from learning to
  read by poverty, segregation, and the
  unavailability of public schools.

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End of part one

• Daisy often reacts to situations with anger and
  impatience. Why do you think she does this?

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End of Part one

• Daisy often reacts to situations with anger and
  impatience. Why do you think she does this?
• She resents having to rely on someone else to get
  around. She resents her loss of privacy and
  independence, and the constant threat of changes
  in her routine. She maintains her authority by
  getting angry She.

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End of part one

• What is your opinion of how Hoke handles Miss
  Daisy?

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End of part one

• What is your opinion of how Hoke handles Miss
  Daisy?
• Hoke deals with Daisys antagonistic attitude
  with skill, patience, and understanding. Hoke
  has more patience with Daisy than Boolie expects
  he lets Daisy insult him too much and allows her
  to act out her prejudice.

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End of part one

• How would you describe Daisys attitude toward
  Hoke in the first part of the play?

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End of Part One

1. How would you describe Daisys attitude toward
   Hoke in the first part of the play?
2. Daisy is annoyed and short-tempered with Hoke and
   is rude to him Daisy at first distrusts Hoke but
   later softens her attitude toward him and allows
   him to help her

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End of Part One

• Why do you think Daisy and Hoke have different
  attitudes about Daisy being rich?

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End of Part One

• Why do you think Daisy and Hoke have different
  attitudes about Daisy being rich?
• Daisy sees her wealth in contrast with her
  youthful poverty, whereas Hoke cannot imagine
  getting past his own poverty. Daisy is still
  insecure about her wealth while Hoke is realistic
  about it.

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Driving Miss Daisy

• Part 2

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Review of Part I

• Driving Miss Dais

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Review

• Using your Venn Diagram, find Similarities
  between the way that Florine speaks to Boolie and
  the way that Daisy speaks to Boolie.

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Review

• Find Similarities between the way that Florine
  speaks to Boolie and the way that Daisy speaks to
  Boolie.
• Both demand his attention
• Both speak to him in a bossy way

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Conflict

• Describe the conflict between Boolie and Florine.
• Florine is jealous of Daisy
• Boolie doesnt like Florine making critical
  remarks about his mother
• Florine can tell that Daisy doesnt like her, so
  she takes it out on Boolie.

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Active Reading

• What does Daisy mean by her comment, If I had a
  nose like Florines I wouldnt go around saying,
  Merry Christmas? P. 437

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Active Reading

• What does Daisy mean by her comment, If I had a
  nose like Florines I wouldnt go around saying,
  Merry Christmas?
• She is making reference to an old stereotype
  about Jews having big noses. Daisy means that
  Florine looks and is Jewish and should not be
  celebrating a Christian holiday.

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Active Reading

• Do you remember a previous time when Hoke made a
  similar comment to Dat for him and me to
  know? P. 438

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Active Reading

• Do you remember a previous time when Hoke made a
  similar comment to Dat for him and me to
  know?
• He said it to Daisy when she asks how much Boolie
  is paying him.

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Active Reading

• What can you infer from the stage directions
  Daisys Kitchen, June 1957. Idella, in her
  eighties and looking worn, is taking fried
  chicken out of a skillet. Daisy enters.
• Two years have passed since the last scene. We
  know that Daisy is also in her eighties since she
  and Idella are the same age.

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Cultural Sidelight

• The musical My Fair Lady opened in New York on
  Broadway in March 1956. As with many hit
  Broadway shows, people had to order tickets many
  months ahead of time. Since the time in the play
  is now June 1957, My Fair Lady has been running
  for fifteen months in New York.

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Cultural Sidelight

• A Pullman Porter is a railroad car with small
  private rooms. A porter is a railraod employee
  who takes care of passengers on the train. For
  many years, most Pullman porters were African
  American.

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Evaluate

• The trooper is insulting both Hoke and Daisy by
  calling them derogatory names based on their race
  and religion. How did that make you feel when
  you read those lines?
• Why do you think the author included those lines?
• What is your impression of the trooper when he
  says these words?

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Pejorative Term

• The word boy is a derogatory term when used by
  white people to refer to an African American
  male. It implies a superior and intimidating
  attitude on the part of the speaker.

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Active Reading

• Why do you think Daisy nods gratefully at Hoke?
  P. 442

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Active Reading

• Why do you think Daisy nods gratefully at Hoke?
• Daisy and Hoke shared a scary trip together
• Because he got her there safely
• Because he too is part of her family

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Character

• What does Hokes conversation with Boolie
  indicate about Hokes character?
• He has cleverly engineered this conversation to
  get himself a raise
• Just as he has become assertive with Daisy, he is
  also more assertive with Boolie
• He is unafraid to ask for what he feels he
  deserves
• He knows how to negotiate.

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Infer

• A BAPTIST CHURCH. The congregation is black,
  except for Daisy, Boolie, and Florine, who sit at
  the rear.
• What has happened in this scene?
• Idella has died.
• Daisys family and Hoke are attending her funeral.

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Active Reading

• Why is Daisy surprised to see Hoke?
• The weather is bad.

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End of Part 2

• Have your feelings about Hoke or Daisy changed?
  How?
• How has Hoke and Daisys relationship changed?
• How would you describe Boolies relationship with
  his mother?
• Why do you think Daisy and Florine resent each
  other?

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Driving Miss Daisy

• Part 3

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Historical Sidelight

• In the fall of 1958, a temple in Atlanta was
  bombed. The playwright has taken literary
  license by setting this bombing some years after
  the actual event upon which it is based. Temple
  bombings have been a major tool of anti-Semitic
  terrorists around the world.

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Cultural Sidelight

• Judaism has three main branches Orthodox,
  Conservative, and Reform. The Orthodox branch
  adheres to all the traditional Jewish laws and
  beliefs, and the Conservative branch follows some
  of them. The Reform branch replaces most
  ceremonies and customs with more modern and
  personalized religious expression.

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Historical Sidelight

• Hoke would have been eleven in 1899. After the
  Civil War there was a period in the South when
  blacks briefly wielded political power. Then a
  upsurge of white resentment against blacks
  resulted in violent terrorist acts by such groups
  as the Ku Klux Klan. Lynchings, or random
  killings of blacks by whites, became common.

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Historical Sidelight

• Dr. Martin Luther King was an Atlanta minister
  who led marches and protests in the 1950s and
  1960s to gain civil rights for African Americans.
  In the play, King is being honored at the United
  Jewish Appeal.

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Active Reading

• Why do you think Boolie will not go to the King
  dinner?
• He is afraid his business associates will
  disapprove.

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Active Reading

• Why does Daisy assume that Hoke knows Dr. Martin
  Luther King?
• Because both Hoke and King are African American.
• She may think there are not many African
  Americans in Atlanta and that they all know each
  other.

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Active Reading

• Why does Hoke say that things arent changing
  that much?
• He thinks that Daisy didnt ask him to the dinner
  because he is black
• He means that even if things are changing, people
  are still prejudiced

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Active Reading

• Explain what has happened to Daisy.
• Daisy is experiencing a condition that occurs in
  elderly people, when their minds suddenly take
  them back to an earlier time in their lives.

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Climax

• Explain the significance of Daisys comment
  Youre my best friend No. Really. You are.
  You are
• Daisy finally admits her feelings for Hoke
• Her character undergoes a major change at this
  point
• Admitting how she feels about Hoke shows how
  vulnerable she feels.

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Cultural Sidelight

• Goodwill Industries is an organization that
  offers job training and employment to people with
  disabilities. Workers with disabilities repair
  furniture and other household items that have
  been donated to Goodwill. These items are then
  sold to the public to help support the
  organization.

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Active Reading

• What significant event has happened that
  Goodwill has taken away Daisys furniture?
• Daisy has moved out
• Possibly she is dead

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Active Reading

• Do you remember in the beginning of the play when
  Boolie called his mother a doodle? Why do you
  think that the author has used the same term
  here?
• By using the same expression here, the playwright
  has found a subtle way to tie the beginning and
  end of the play together.

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