Hunger

As illustrated in this novel, eating disorders are about a lot more than just food. The novel

The story has many moments where characters are faced with some sort of thing they are annoyed and/or stressed about, however in the play they mostly result to eating over anything else. There are quite a bit of these moments lurking around within the play as the characters face more of these issues, and use food as a symbol.

“Hunger”, by Lan Samantha Chang, is a cautionary tale of an immigrant Chinese family in this complex story about unrelenting hunger, oppression, love and loss. Narrated by Min; the deeply unhappy and obedient wife of Tian, a gifted violinist, finds work as a music teacher in New York, but ultimately fails to land a permanent job at the school. Driven by personal failure and his unrelenting hunger for the violin Tian cruelly forces his two daughters, Anna and Ruth to play the violin, so they can follow in his footsteps. Tian’s inability to separate himself from his violin ends up destroying his family. Chang uses Tian’s obsessive hunger for the violin as a symbol of his identity, showing us that we must be careful

Eating and drinking is not only a necessity, but also a pleasure. Humans have known and experienced this since the beginning of man. Food plays a very important part in everybody’s daily life. However, the role of food in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work The Great Gatsby and John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath vary immensely. The complexity and need for sustenance differ between the books, but both reflect the events, viewpoints, and attitudes of the time periods they are set in.

It is estimated that 740 million people are starving in the world today. (Prakash and Conko 357) There are about 7.2 billion people in the world, so the hungry population accounts for 12.7% of the population. The time has come to change these statistics. It is the 21st century and we, as humans, now have the technology and resources to reverse these terrible numbers. There are two arguments on what we should do with this new technology, however. One side, researched by a science policy analyst, stated that biotechnology still has kinks to be worked out and is not the best way to combat world hunger. Another side by a AgBioWorld Foundation vice president and a world-renowned scientific researcher, professor, scholar, and director of the

“Hunger” is a personal narrative of Roxane Gay that deals with body image, how she sees herself, identity struggles and how she survived a horrible act of violence. Hunger is about how Roxane came to build the body she has to protect herself from the contempt of men and the shame she has placed on herself. In the memoir she spoke about her ongoing struggle with weight gain because she was raped when she was a child. Due to this trauma she over ate because she thought being “fat” will make her undesirable and unwanted by men. She thought having a bigger body will protect her and make her safe. But the more she ate the more obese she became and that made her feel miserable and she felt as she was trapped in a cage that she couldn’t get out of. In her memoir she seems to be conflicted, she wants to accept her body for what it has become and what it endured but she still has the desires to change it. She didn’t think she was ugly or hated herself but the pressure of society to fit into a certain body image was too strong for her to ignore her body.

In the essay, "Hunger," by Maggie Helwig, the author states that eating disorders are a form of protest by women against spiritual starvation brought by extreme consumerism; she does this by tracing the symbol meaning of hunger. One of the attractive features of Helwig's essay is her ability to persuade to her audiences by the use of research and experiences. Helwig's use of language, through definitions and various repetitions, illustrates and reinforces her perspective, therefore sending a powerful message to victims of eating disorders.

“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.

Think about all the hungry animals (people) in the world who would love to have food. This people would fight over a crumb of bread which establishes a great proposal of making all the hungry fight in a war for food, but could not be able to get the food until the war has been won. Never fight or sweat over the small things.

In Franz Kafka’s short story, “A Hunger Artist”, Kafka introduces an eccentric man known as the Hunger Artist. The Hunger Artist has committed his entire life to the art of fasting, allowing himself to be caged and displayed to the public as if he were a painting (Kafka 198). Despite all the emotional turmoil he endures, he takes a great amount of pride in fasting and believes that he can fast for extremely elongated periods (Kafka 200). Unfortunately, his pride not only causes internal conflicts but also tragically leads to his unfortunate demise (Kafka 205). Through the setting and the character development of the Hunger Artist, Kafka illuminates the dangers of self-pride and depicts pride as harmful and detrimental to one’s existence.

Having an unhealthy relationship with food effects that person with an eating disorder in all aspects of life. For example, say your club is going to have a potluck to end the year. You are going to think about the food that is going to be there, your safe foods and unsafe foods, what if someone comments about you not eating that cookie offered to you, and what if you get emotional while you are at the meeting? These thoughts consume your thinking for a week prior to the potluck. Being understanding of how food affects a person with an eating disorder will be very helpful in caring for patients or family members. Knowing the symptoms of an eating disorder can help a person receive help before it is advanced. I can relate this poem to the situation to better understand what is going through the person’s mind. This will help me empathize and put myself in their shoes so I can validate their emotions and not kick them to the

The book breaks down the stereotype of what an eating disorder really is. In today’s society having an eating disorder means that you have some kind of “psychological frailty or illness” (1). When thinking about those that have eating disorders typically it is “young, middle to upper class, heterosexual white women” comes to mind (1). Their motivation is to take on the unrealistic appearance of models and reach the “standards created by advertisers and clothing designers” (1). The author in no regards is trying to down play women that have eating disorders because of the pressure of the media but is showing that there are other people and reasons for having eating disorders. This image that we currently have leaves out “women of color,

After reading the extensive “The New Face of Hunger” (Tracie McMillan), my eyes became more open to the overall issue of hunger, faced by many people today. In a few words, I was absolutely shocked by the true meaning and examples provided of what exactly food insecurity is. Honestly speaking, when I hear the word “hunger” I think of a human who has no food, living on the streets. “The New Face of hunger” brought to my attention that food insecurity is much more than simply having no food. In fact, “In 2006 the U.S. government replaced “hunger” with the term “food insecure” to describe any household where, sometime during the previous year, people didn’t have enough food to eat” (The New Face of Hunger). Not only was I able to see the harsh

The addiction I chose to write about this week is a food addiction/compulsive eating. A food addiction is obsessive-compulsive relationship people have with food. Eating food is both vital and important in our everyday lives to give our bodies the nutrients, vitamins and calories that it needs. “Compulsive overeating, also referred to as food addiction, is characterized by an obsessive-compulsive relationship to food” (Karim, 2012, p. 7, para. 2). When people overeat, they engage in episodes of uncontrolled eating and will often find themselves consuming so much food just to feel comfortably full. Compulsive overeaters usually eat even if they are not hungry. People who have a food addiction have excessive thoughts about food that consumes

Food is one of the basic needs of a human being to survive. All of us depend on food for having a good health, therefore with the lack of food many people will be starving and malnourished.