Aimee Bender's "End of the Line" is a story that covers many underlying topics. One of them is the concept that even though the Big Man is much larger then the Little Man, he still feels inferior to him. The Big Man is very lonely and doesn't have many people or things to live for and the Little Man has both of those and more. This shows that it's not about how big or manly you come across, it's about how you present yourself and what you achieve that determines who the bigger man is.
I think that the Big Man hurts and molests the Little Man to try to feel like the bigger man. He does this over and over because the high from making the Little Man feel this way only lasts for a little while and then he goes right back to how he felt before, if not worse. The Little Man does not enjoy this but he never gets too dramatic because I think he understands how the Big Man thinks and why he does what he does. In the end, the Big Man lets the Little Man go because he realizes he will not find what he's looking for by doing what he is.
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