Blacktop Wasteland
Summary
Beauregard Montague is the father of three and a husband, he is a self-respecting auto mechanic, but has some money problems. His daughter needs money for college, his mom needs money to stay in the hospice, his son needs money for braces, they need money to keep his house and this is because their business is not doing good. Super early. He's going to have to go into the life he got out and his daddy tried but failed to get out of, being a getaway driver. Are we going to doesn't know it but for him there is nothing more soothing than being behind the wheel and having the thrill of someone chasing you especially cops. after she goes to his uncle Boonie to see if he has any jobs for him but his uncle will not help him because he's not going to help hurt Beauregard's kids. Beauregard ends up getting back together with one of his old crewmates Roonie even though he hates it because he is not the smartest and screwed him over last time. Beauregard does it anyways and they do the heist. They get about 5 million dollars in diamonds and split it four ways. Again Ronnie screwed them over but his biggest mistake was not that he took more of the diamonds for himself but that it was who he stole the diamonds from. The man who stole them from was named Lazerith or Lazy a big crime boss in the area. So all lazy tracks down Ronnie and tries to figure out who stole the diamonds were short time Beauregard is able to get things back to normal. He's able to keep his mom in hospice give money to his daughter so she can go to college get braces and even buy some new equipment for his shop. What Bearugard did not see coming was the guilt of how they failed during the diamond heist. In everyone else's eyes, they had gotten away with it, but Beauregard did not feel the same. During the heist, one of the other mess-up crewmates, Quan, shot a guy in the bank. Beauregard later found out that this man was also someone that he met before. When the casing the place and on his way back home he saw a man on the side of the road he stopped and helped him. His wife was pregnant and Bearugard took them to the hospital and became a big part of helping deliver the baby. The parents even named the child after what they thought was his name Anthony (Actually his dad's name). That dad that was on the side of the road was the one that got shot in the heist. Lazy starts to pick up everyone they pick up Ronnie Reggie and Quan last they have Beauregard once they have them all lazy tells him of this plan to get back at one of his biggest Rivals and he wants them to do.
So Beagard has one more job until he can get his freedom but he knows that after they complete the job lazy will just end up shooting them and his family which they have under severance. So Beauregard being a genius comes up with another plan. He is going to steal from this other Crime Boss but after they have the van they're going to set a meeting time and have both of them show up. Beauregard is going to see what happens and see who kills who and if he needs to he will be up on the roof with a sniper to take out anyone who's left. Grabbing the van from the second crime boss was a success but Roonie decides to take the van and betray Beauregard again. Because of their mess up, Beauregard’s family is in danger. People go to their house and threaten them, they take Kia away (Beauregard’s wife) but his sons got a gun and starts shooting everyone and killing the men but in the process, their other brother also gets shots, however. He is rushed to the emergency room why he becomes stable Kia has now reached her breaking point and does not want Beauregard in their life anymore.
The only way for Beauregard to be back in his family's life is to get the van from Ronnie and get it back to Lazy so he can have his life back. So Beauregard goes and tracks down Ronnie and Reggie and he kills them. He decides to change his plan from the original one and instead, he gives it directly back to Lazy leaving the other crime boss out of it. Inside the van, he planted a bomb so as he drives away he blows them up. Lazy, however, got in another car. So there's one last car chase as Beauregard tracks down Lazy and kills him. With no more people trying to track him down and kill him, he's able to go back to his wife and start to make amends.
So Beagard has one more job until he can get his freedom but he knows that after they complete the job lazy will just end up shooting them and his family which they have under severance. So Beauregard being a genius comes up with another plan. He is going to steal from this other Crime Boss but after they have the van they're going to set a meeting time and have both of them show up. Beauregard is going to see what happens and see who kills who and if he needs to he will be up on the roof with a sniper to take out anyone who's left. Grabbing the van from the second crime boss was a success but Roonie decides to take the van and betray Beauregard again. Because of their mess up, Beauregard’s family is in danger. People go to their house and threaten them, they take Kia away (Beauregard’s wife) but his sons got a gun and starts shooting everyone and killing the men but in the process, their other brother also gets shots, however. He is rushed to the emergency room why he becomes stable Kia has now reached her breaking point and does not want Beauregard in their life anymore.
The only way for Beauregard to be back in his family's life is to get the van from Ronnie and get it back to Lazy so he can have his life back. So Beauregard goes and tracks down Ronnie and Reggie and he kills them. He decides to change his plan from the original one and instead, he gives it directly back to Lazy leaving the other crime boss out of it. Inside the van, he planted a bomb so as he drives away he blows them up. Lazy, however, got in another car. So there's one last car chase as Beauregard tracks down Lazy and kills him. With no more people trying to track him down and kill him, he's able to go back to his wife and start to make amends.
Themes
Adrenaline
Beauregard feels peace and adrenaline every time you get behind the wheel especially when in a high-speed car chase. He thinks it is relaxing, the planning, the driving, just everything in general. The writer also makes these short scenes seem realistic, visual, and high paced all at the same time.
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Family
There's nothing more important for Beauregard than family. this is what he thinks the difference was between him and his father is that his top priority is family even though he knows the driving is what is his passion he would not do anything to hurt his family. That is even why he got into this mess in the first place is because his family needed money not him.
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Identity
“A mistake is a lesson, unless you make the same mistake twice.”(43)
As Beauregard is explaining the first mistake he made of getting into the life in the first place and how he calls it a mistake or more a lesson but if he tries to get back into this life it will be a mistake. However, Making mistakes is nothing to frown upon. We as a society oftentimes wish their mistakes but mistakes are lessons that and even though it says that if you make the same one twice it is a mistake, it is not. Instead, it is another lesson while repetitive it needs to be understood somehow.
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Explaining Generational Racism through this book and Beauregard Montage
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