In this short story, Bender writes about a man and his girlfriend, Jane, who constantly is going to the hospital for overdosing on pills. Like all of her other shorts in this book, Bender always has a way with twisting the story between reality and mystery. In every piece of writing, we have found an outcast, and i this case, I would say that the outcast is 1. obviously the girlfriend, but 2. the boyfriend as well. Jane, the girlfriend, really needs help. However, fro my perspective, so does the main character. Normally, if someone was in a situation of repetition and a horrible relationship that went nowhere, one of the people would just up and leave eventually. However, from reading this, it seems as if he is scared to leave, because he loves her, and because he would feel guilty. Like many people, I feel that he is blaming himself, because in all reality he could throw the pills away. I think that mainly, he is afraid of losing her and that he really loves her and just accepts her problems.
As usual, the story ends "weirdly" as he talks about the items in the trunk. I believe that he is reminiscing on the past and how good their relationship used to be. Ultimately, I believe that it wraps up with "I have always been a good student" in reference to being a true gentlemen and standing by his love, no matter what.
Courtney Bisher
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