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This week the readings we read in class have been very interesting. Especially the readings this week that had to deal with the author Aimme Bender. At first I really did not like the of reading this far in course. Then when reading these stories I really thought the content of the books and stories we were reading were really weird. I really find it personally hard to read these types of stories and books, because I am the type of person who likes more concrete things (politics), and not metaphors, poems, etc.. That is why I personally find this class and trying to participate in the class very challenging. I realized this in high school when I did well in all my other classes, but English was never my strong point, not the writing part but that analysis of poems and different kinds of writing. But with these readings I began to look more into the meanings of the readings and different authors code meanings in their works.
The first story we read by Bender was the story The End of the Line. This when I first read it was extremely weird to me. The entire thing at first made no sense, and at first glance I was like why is this women being paid to write stuff like this. But then I cleared my mind and read it for a second time. After reading it a second time i did realize there were different metaphors in the story which readers can learn from. The story is written like a fairy tale, but the message doesnt hit you over the head like other fairy tales do. The aspect of the story with the big man abusing the little man can definitely be seen as a metaphor for bullying and how someone can deal with bullying. Also the part where the big man puts the little man down his pants, I thought was a metaphor for sexual abuse in any kind of relationship, and how humiliating and devastating it can be for the person being abused. The story also can be seen as how someone which i thought had a psychological problem (the big man) needs an intervention in order to stop acting the bi polar way he did throughout the story. If he had someone there to help him he would have been able to stop his destructive ways. This is also another real life connection because people in rehab or with mental problems or addictions usually need intervention from family or friends to help them and put them on the right track, something the big man lacked. But throughout the course i will continue to try and read the readings the best way i can, and hopefully improve and maybe begin to enjoy them at some point.

Post 6 Kenny Liszewski