Driving Miss Daisy Themes

Daisy Werthan isn't prejudiced. Never has been, never will be. She never lets us forget how broadminded and liberal she is.Wait. Doesn't she always eat in a separate room from "the help"? Doesn't s...

Huck and Jim; Thelma and Louise; Dorothy and the Scarecrow. Some of the closest friendships are forged on the road.Driving Miss Daisy features two people who are in the same car, yet seem to be on...

As Shmoop's Aunt Zelda told us, getting old is not for cowards. If there's one thing Driving Miss Daisy does exceptionally well, it's the depiction of old age. Jessica Tandy, who was 80 years old a...

What do you think of when you think of Atlanta, Georgia? Peaches? The world's busiest airport? Chipper Jones?Back in Miss Daisy's day, Atlanta wasn't exactly the land of the free and the home of th...

You won't find Miss Daisy doing donuts in a parking lot waiting for someone to challenge her in a winner-takes-all need-for-speed street race. Oh, wait—you mean race as in "black and white." Okay...