After reading Amiee Bender's short story The Meeting I was able to make a clear parallel between its message and one of the messages from The Gilda Stories. To me the point of The Meeting was to show the reader how much your life and the expectations you have for it can change. The man in Bender's story thought he had his future wife all planned out, yet when he met the woman, she didn't fit any of his preconcived notions. She totally changed the way he viewed how he thought he "controlled the world."
This reminded me of the drastic lifestyle changes that Gilda faced numerous times throughout the book. Before she became a vampire she envisoned a completely different life, but in the end she adapted to those changes, just as the man in Bender's story adapted in a way. This story taught me a valuable lesson, we dont control our lives as much as we think we do.
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