"End of the Line" by Aimee Bender was a story about controlling another person and the feeling of the power that you can have over someone else. The "big man" was insecure in his own life therefore he needed to own something that he could boss around to make himself feel"big" and powerful. He felt as though he did not have control of his own life. I feel like the main character in "Fruit and Words" also felt like she did not have control of her own life. She has been dating and still no marriage and then finally when the chance happened it didn't happen. Both character felt like they had no control over anything in their lives, but dealt with the situation in different ways.

The Big man, dealt with his problems by putting other people down to make himself feel better, when he realized that it did not work, he tried to change and saw that the way he was living was bad. In "Fruit and Words" the lady decided that she was going to try and grasp something she could control and feel a sense of finding her way. Both characters were losing hope in their own lives and needed to grasp something that made them feel good, and feel alive.

Cassidy Weeks Post 6.