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title: "the christmas chicken"
story: a chicken, born on christmas, grows up in the 50s as a kind of "all-american chicken." then in the 60s she gets drafted into the army, sees a lot of shit, gets crippled, and comes back to america confused, angry and directionless. her family life is destroyed, she descends into alcoholic despair, and the country that at one time held so much promise for her now offers her nothing. but then she gets back on her feet and finds hope in a caring, peace-loving rooster who helps her to redeem her experience by encouraging her to loan her voice to the anti-war movement and the struggle against imperialist oppression around the world. finally, when she knows she's getting old, she donates herself to a peasant village in vietnam, who eat her for christmas dinner.
genre: poultryroman

I would write about a reclusive young man who spent his entire youth avoiding people who sets out in his mid twenties to change his life style and observes all the strange social behavior and unsaid rules of society from the perspective of someone who hasn't been programed with them beforehand. I would call it... American Hermit! Or maybe something less lame.....