In Aimee Bender's stories, "Ironhead" and "Motherfucker", both the Ironhead and the motherfucker are outcasts in society. Ironhead though, is an outcast in his family AND in society. He was born to a family of pumpkinheads, but born with an ironhead instead. This genetic mutation led to him being disabled. He finds it difficult to make friends in school and even though his sistes are different, they are still social and play sports; Ironhead just plays by himself in the sandbox. When he died the cause of death could be from lack of sleep, exhaustion, and lonliness.
The motherfucker goes around sleeping with single women that have children. He wines and dines them, speaks with elegance, and is basically like a Renaissance Man, except after he sleeps with them, he does not continue to see them. He will however, still keep in contact with his past flings but that is by the choice of the woman's; he does not ever get serious with them. When he meets the actress, he helps her with her acting by pushing her outside her comfort zone. The actress went from taking direction from everyone to listening to her own emotions. This caused her to win many awards but made the motherfucker realize what he was missing in life. He secretely longed for a companion, rather than going around sleeping with many women, which made him feel like an outcast.
Even though "Motherfucker" was less like a fairy tale and more realistic in comparison to "Ironhead", Bender still can convey that the main characters are outcasts and each of her stories has a lesson everyone can understand.
Pam Kawalerski
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