In Invasion of the Airline Stewardess, Ritter remarks on a group of employees, almost exclusively female, who are at once denatured, defined, and curiously empowered by the ersatz language they speak. In Fairy Tale, Elliott portrays a writer who builds a world, a family, asocial life, that runs exactly the way she wants it to; but not for long, for even her characters rebel, leave, fade out. Compare what Ritter and Elliott seem to be saying about women, words, and power. Do you think either story (or both) would work as well if the stewardesses were stewards, or the “good woman” were a “good man”? Explain.