HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE is a Pulitzer Prize winning play. The that Li'l Bit tells is one of education, survival, and most importantly, love. Many people who experience this play by reading it, eagerly form opinions about the characters, judging then as victim or villain. The playwright, Paula Vogel, knows how to push people's buttons. She uses many different topics to take us to our own prejudices, the most obvious one being "pedophilia". If it was simply an issue play about pedophilia there is little doubt it would not have won the Pulitzer. Most people would readily acknowledge pedophilia as something negative to our society and needs no exploration. The author makes it clear in research that this is a singular story that is personal concerning singular characters.  The challenge is to present the play with the author's intent while holding our beliefs and prejudices at bay while looking specifically at the characters and their journey - seeing the story through their perspectives, not ours.