Salim i can see how a truck or a license could symbolize freedom to you, but in the book i think it's just the opposite. didn't charles hate his job as a delivery driver? it seems to me that the truck was chaining him to a life he hated. bekah: the author makes it clear that charles hated his job, but he also called the truck "his ticket out of this small-town life." that suggests to me that the truck symbolized freedom to o a. synthesizing claims o b. returning to the text o c. involving all members in the discussion o d. asking clarifying questions