In this short story by Aimee Bender, it talks about a family, whose heads are pumpkins. They come to bring a new child into the world who is quite unlike themselves, he has an iron for his head. An iron like we would use to take the wrinkles out of our clothes, well thats what he has as a head. I believe this short story has many underlaying stories behind it. I know we touched on this is class that the reasoning Aimee Bender gave this character an iron head to either to talk about the troubles children deal with in this day in age, whether it be bullying or being an outcast and not fitting in.
This story touches on that a lot and I believe that we all can relate in our own ways. Maybe past experiences or past traumas in our life that makes us relate to this ironhead character. He carries in the story an immense amount of weight like we all do at some point in our lives or in some cases most of our lives. I like how Aimee bender takes characters and changes them from ordinary to extraordinary. She captures the reader that way, giving the characters a sort of surreal being.
Cali Simmons (Post 11)
"I like how Aimee bender takes characters and changes them from ordinary to extraordinary. She captures the reader that way, giving the characters a sort of surreal being."
ReplyDeleteGreat observation about how and why Bender uses the style of magical realism.
I also like your suggestion that at certain points and time we are all like the Ironhead boy.