`` Fellow Travelers `` By John Wickham And Neil...

Control is the power to influence or to direct people’s behavior or the course of events. A prevalent fear in today’s society is losing control. Losing control can strike many people with extreme anxiety and worry. Authors John Wickham and Neil Bissoondath capture the struggle with human power through realistic characters and scenarios in fictional short stories â€Å"Fellow Travelers† and â€Å"Insecurity†. Throughout the narratives the reader can infer that the main characters in these fictional short stories struggle with not only human power but also with limits of individual control over time, space, and events within them. In John Wickham’s â€Å"Fellow Travelers†, three travelers come across difficulties when trying to travel from Barbados to Trinidad. The main character described as the chinless man battles control throughout the story. The chinless man, described as being bold and aggressive, is upset with the situation he has found himself in. His journey to Trinidad is delayed because of a faulty ticket. The disgruntled, chinless man dissatisfied storms up to the woman behind the counter and demands her to solve his problem. The chinless man â€Å"[speaks] with his hands as fluently as with his tongue and what eloquence he achieve[s] is due to his gesturing fingers and arms as to the validity of the particular he [is] presenting to the girl behind the counter† (Wickham 247). This quote illustrates that from the beginning, the chinless man feels powerless. He does not try to