Regardless of the many problems I have with Barbara, I don’t understand the reasoning for keeping her car, or at least using it to the extend which she does. Most people in the working class don’t have the luxury of owning a car. They have to take public transportation, and if Barbara is so committed to living their lifestyle, why does she keep a car? I could understand if she held onto it in case of emergencies, but she uses it everyday to get to and from work. She claims that this decision was made because “a story about waiting for buses would not be very interesting to read” (5), but I don’t buy it. I feel like she was just being lazy. I personally think that including travels on public transportation would have bettered her story and increased its realism.