In "Min of Two", the male characters struggle to cope with their lives, while female characters are more positive.

Composed by a poignant collection of spare, understated tales, created by Tim Winton, `Minimum of Two' is about ordinary people battling to preserve their treasures in their lives. For Winton, life involves constant exposure to happiness, death, and the pain and loss associated with tragedy is seemingly inevitable, and life becomes a struggle. In his stories the characters undergo struggles to cope with their lives at times, with both men and women included. With hurdles constantly thrown in their paths the majority of protagonists are clinging on the edge, holding onto sanity with some difficulty. Yet, regardless of their genders, some are still able to resolve the obstacles and sustain their lives whilst the others are eventually lost in the struggles of...