Beeeeeep! That was the last bell of the school year which meant that it was summer vacation. In four months I would turn sixteen which meant I needed to be intelligent so I could buy a car, so I worked with my dad during the summer to make some money. By working I was able to make money and be able to buy a car, which shows that I was being intelligent. Intelligent is making smart choices which leads to a good future. The characters from Uncle Basil from “You Can’t Take It With You” and Jesse from “Sway” are intelligent because they both know how to get money. One reason Jesse is intelligent is because he knows how to make money. “But Ken hiring me to get him a girl just didn’t make any sense and it wasn’t exactly a job I wanted. Still, business is business and I’m not in the habit of turning down money” (Spears 19). This means that Jesse does favors for anyone but charges them money in return. “ ‘The labs you handed over last week were the sloppiest I’ve seen from you,” I said. ‘I couldn’t even charge full price for them’ ” (Spears 132). This means that Jesse has…show more content… “ ‘Think what fun you’d have, and you can certainly afford it. You can’t take it with you, you know’ ” (Wuorio 1). “There was only one line in Uncle Basil’s scrawl. ‘I did take it with me’ ” (Wuorio 3). This means that Uncle Basil took his money with him when he died even though his family said he wouldn’t be able to. “ ‘Figure out how to get her to go out with me’ ” (Spears 20). “ ‘I thought I told you, Jesse,’ she said, deadpan, ‘I’m determined to like you even though you don’t want me to’ ” (Spears 152). This means that Jesse was suppose to make Bridget like Ken but accidentally made her like him instead. As a result, Uncle Basil acted intelligent while Jesse did not. Uncle Basil choosed smarter choices than Jesse which makes intelligent a better fit for Uncle Basil than
