freedom is the freedom of being one with nature. If they were not feeling this freedom then loosing the race would have most likely come down harder on them. They were extremely happy in the event of losing this race.
             A different, but highly related sense of freedom comes about from the passengers themselves. An example of this comes when Villona is singing in the car; "Decidedly Villona was in excellent spirits; he kept up a deep bass hum of melody for miles of the road."8 He was just enjoying the ride and trying to amuse himself at the same times. The two Frenchmen also experienced this too; "The Frenchmen flung their laughter and light words over their shoulders and often Jimmy had to strain forward to catch the quick phrase."9 They were having great fun while they were driving. Jimmy was trying to become a part of all of this, but was unable to keep up with the Frenchmen in their conversation.
             A very subtle view of freedom comes when Jimmy and his frien
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