An Analysis Of Hunger Makes Me By Jess Zimmerman

The fight against sexism is not a new fight. Women have been fighting for equal rights, as well as fighting for their lives, culture, and values to be just as important as men's. On August 18, 1920, women were granted the right to vote; but this was only the beginning. From then to now, the role of women in society has significantly changed due to women standing up for their rights at protests and rallies, as well as on social media. While “The Good Wife’s Guide” focused on the promotion of the traditional gender role of women and defined appropriate emotions for women, “The Revolt of ‘Mother,’” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, represents the start of the resistance of the traditional gender role of women that we see in society today.

I am reading Hunger by Michael Grant, and I am on page 302. This book is about a town of kids with no adults. They are completely cut off from the outside world. They are slowly running out of food and they need to find a way for them not to starve. On top of that, some of the kids are getting powers and the “normals” are starting to dislike them.

“Hunger” is an article published in 1989 by social justice activist Maggie Helwig. In this article Helwig discusses the stereotypes behind eating disorders, and gives real life examples of the impacts an eating disorder can have on someone. She is able to incorporate many ideas that smoothly flow together to capture the audience’s attention, while also making the audience consider their thoughts and views on eating disorders. She ends the article by giving insightful information as to what it was like for her to suffer from an eating disorder, and why she chose to starve herself for eight years. Helwig uniquely incorporates logos, pathos, and ethos in her writing to completely gain the audience’s attention and influence their opinions on eating disorders.

Anne Roiphe’s “Confessions of a Female Chauvinist Sow” first appeared in the magazine New York in 1972. In this essay Roiphe aims to convince her readers that women must put faith in the idea that they are equal to men, not superior. “Women who want equality must be prepared to give it and believe in it . . . .” Personal anecdotes, contrast, and comparison are techniques Roiphe skillfully uses to create a strong, convincing essay.

Michael Pollan opens his New York Times article “Unhappy Meals“with a rather ambiguous statement, “Eat food, Not too much, Mostly Plants”. Pollan gives the “average Joe” a new perspective on what food really is in this article. But in reality it’s not a new spin rather a throwback on a time trusted take on food, but I’m getting ahead of myself now. He does this starting off, by giving his rule of thumb, “if you’re concerned about your health, you should probably avoid food products that make health claims.” A rather odd claim I thought at first. It seems to go against everything that we have ever learned about nutrition. I have regularly found myself going out of my way to find foods that make such claims. So why

“The Beauty Myth” written by Naomi Wolf is an essay written to present how the advancements of women in social power lead to a societal backlash that lead to a woman’s value being equated to her appearance by both sexes. This devaluation of women has led to a harmful relationship with food and women subjecting themselves to mental and physical torture to be thin. Wolf describes in the 1920s was the first time that women became “preoccupied with dieting and thinness” after receiving the right to vote. In the 1950s, women’s curves were celebrated again because “their minds were occupied in domestic seclusion.” According to Wolf, when women were in male spheres, “that pleasure had to be overridden by an urgent social

Food politics, one of the most complicated discussions of all. Four authors, four articles, and four opinions. The first article is “The Pleasures of Eating”, by Wendell Berry, is about health. His article is not only about our health, but our foods health. Berry speaks of blind eating and clueless purchasing, that we don’t know what we are eating. Some questions asked by Wendell Berry were “How fresh is it? How pure or clean is it, how free of dangerous chemicals? How far was it transported, and what did transportation add to the cost? How much did manufacturing or packaging or advertising add to the cost? When the food product has been manufactured or "processed" or "precooked," how has that affected its quality or price or nutritional value?”

Does anyone ever think about the effect going hungry has on a person’s overall health? Yes, they may not be obese as the rest of the country, but there are other health effects that directly affect a person when it comes to being food insecure. Food insecurity is defined as the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. Hunger in the United States affects so many people, more than one realizes for a country that is so well established. Huger affects children, seniors, different cultures, people that live in the rural areas of the country, and even the working class Americans in your surrounding communities, essentially your neighbors! Our government has established a few programs to help curb this health issue for our public and some have shown to be very effective. You may not think of having food stamps would help someone with their health issues such as getting better sleep, or depression. But if one person’s life was saved by having a reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food source I would say this is a bigger issue in our country than we think it is.

It is not just wanting a sandwich; hunger is present everywhere. The look in someone’s eyes when they desire nothing more than to travel the world, that’s hunger. When a musician spots a new piece of music, and their finger twitch at the thought of being able to play it, they can’t help themselves they need to play it. Hunger is the feeling of love; when a person wants another so much they feel as though they might burst; the need of the one that is not there with them. The feeling in the center of a person who wants to do what they love, but have no time to do it.

It can be argued that while the physical malnourishment of a young teenager is always wrong, Richard Wright’s metaphorical “Hunger” for success, as driven by his physical hunger, was ultimately a good thing. Although his Hunger was fueled by the abuse he experienced in his life, had he not felt that drive he would never have attempted to get out of his ‘bleak’ situation. For example, Richard’s friend Griggs provided an excellent example of someone without Richard’s Hunger, someone who had been so beaten down by society that all he knew what to do was to conform,

It is now four o’clock in the morning. Using only light that the night sky provides you start your journey walking up a steep mountain. You know this path even in the dark; knowing where it is slippery, where the big boulders are. Walking for hours, you finally make it to some muddy black pools of water. The children jumping in the pools makes the water dirtier but this is the only water you have access to. Now with 50 lbs. of water on your back, you get back on that mountain for the long treacherous journey home. In the article, “The Burden on Thirst,” Tina Rosenberg experienced this same journey with Binayo and all the other women in the Konso District of Ethiopia who have to make this journey at least three times a day in order to have all

Women are often confined to a set of ideals and expectations because of one simple fact: they are women. Many of the women who contributed to this book have faced gender stereotyping and discrimination. Instead of allowing traditional social norms to confine them to an unwanted lifestyle, they challenged these conventional ideals, risking failure and facing condemnation from strangers as well as people close to them. People often associate feminism with negativity and pessimism. In “Feminism is a Dirty Word,” Cindy Simon Rosenthal talks about how people refuse to define themselves as a “feminist.” However, the movement does not advocate for women’s special privileges. Feminism celebrates social equality and supports the utilization of all talents.

“You cannot be a humanist unless you are a feminist. You either advocate equality for all or you are a misanthrope” (Michael A. Sherlock). From women’s suffrage to abortion laws feminism has evolved with contemporary battles and a variety of approaches. The

It was a cold, gloomy, desolated December morning, when I woke up. I woke up in a shelter that was pre-built by my father and I a couple of days before. We would always hunt around this time of the year in this area for the past couple of years. I was already used the coldness and hunger but this year it was different, my dad decided that I should try hunting alone to see what I have learned. I was safe of course, I had a GPS tracker on me so if I got lost my father could find me. I looked at the time and it was 4 in the morning, I was hungry and knew I had was running low on food so I had to fine a buck in order to replenish my hunger. For the past couple of days I hadn’t be able to find anything, and I couldn’t go home unless I had bagged

When one hears the term “Feminism”, she/he may have the idea that it is the urge and