Bill Meissner is an author who likes to write baseball stories 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 ties the character to baseball so he can demonstrate symbolism, which might help uncover the theme of the story. In all his stories he establishes a lesson that the character will discover during the journey. The character in this story behaves like a “weak” human being (42) who ultimately triumphs by becoming the exact opposite. In the story "Dwarves, Jujubes and Beans", Bill Meissner expresses the theme of how a person should never lose hope in something he loves by using a boy named Martin who faces various challenges and ultimately comes out victorious. Bill Meissner's theme is to never give up on a dream, no matter how great the challenge. Bill uses a boy named Martin who is "weak", "translucent", and "no one liked" (42) to use as an aspect of how size doesn't matter to achieve a goal....