The Charmer

I am relating this balance scale to the short story, "The Charmer." Balance scales, in everday use are to balance items out, or to see what weighs more. If something weighed more, one side would be closer to the bottom and the other would be higher, closer to the top. However, in this case, I believe that a balance scale is a good way to show power. Though we cannot show power physically, it is easy to see that in this story the power is not balanced out. Zach, clearly has more power, than the family for the most part of the story. It may not really seem like it, but the fact that he was able to do anything he wanted, and get away with it, showed power. He knew how to control his power in order to munipulate others to do what he wanted. In this story Zach would be on the heavier side of the scale, and the rest of the family would be on the other. However, in the end, his father steps up, and uses his authority to tell Zach what his final options were. To help with whatever the family needed, or to leave. Now, the balance scale is more evened, and/or the family side of the scale is higher.