How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Boss says that when I get old enough to own an automobile, there wont be any more mudholes to get into. That all the roads everywhere will be so smooth and hard that automobiles will be foreclosed and reclaimed by the bank or even wear out without ever seeing a mudhole." (5.39)
Lucius further elaborates his grandfather's vision to Boon, claiming that the roads, and thus society, will transform to accommodate the advance of the automobile. Some of the characters in the novel think that's silly, and that things will keep on going as they've always been going. But we know that Gramps is right—that's exactly what happens.