Bill Meissner is an author who enjoys writing stories about baseball that don't include anything about baseball. In his stories there are many hidden messages that the reader tries to decipher and understand the theme. Meissner uses baseball as the main attraction to grab the reader's attention. Bill associates the character with baseball so he can demonstrate symbolism, which could help uncover the theme of the story. In all of his stories, he establishes a lesson that the character will discover throughout the journey. The character in this story acts like a “weak” human being (42) who triumphs in the end by becoming the complete opposite. In the story "Midgets, Jujubes, and Beans", Bill Meissner expresses the theme that a person should never lose hope in something they love by using a boy named Martin who faces various challenges and ultimately take it away. is to never give up on a dream, no matter how big the challenge. Bill uses a boy named Martin who is "weak", "translucent", and "whom no one liked" (42) to demonstrate that size does not matter in obtaining an obstetric....