In class last week we read the stories "Ironhead" and "Motherfucker" by Aimee Bender. Both of these stories dealt with characters who were outcasted because of who they were, and what they looked like. Ironhead was about a small boy who was born into a pumpkin head family, with an iron head. No one really liked ironhead and included him into anything because of his physical differences. It was a rather depressing story because even though Ironhead looked much different than the other kids on the outside, he was still a little boy on the inside. Unforuntaely this disappointment and rejection led him to "burning out" and dying at the end of the story. I found that to be extremely symbolic. Literally he died because the weight of his head was too big for such a little body to support, but metaphorically I think everything was so overwhelming for him and the sadness within him was so great he ultimately gave up trying to support his head.
In the story "Motherfucker" the title basically is the gist of the story, it's about a man that likes to have sex with mothers. To him having sex isn't really an emotional thing and he just does it for self pleasure. He preys on the single mothers because he believes they are easier to get with and take advantage of. Ultimately he does develop feelings for a one woman named Starlet, but ends up losing her due to his lack of having real emotions for someone. Although he seems incapable of falling for someone, it did seem like he genuinely liked her but in the end he just couldn't sustain the relationship.
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