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"A Hunger Artist", 2007.
An analysis of the levels of understanding of "A Hunger Artist," written by Franz Kafka.
1,256 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper analyzes the book "A Hunger Artist," written by Franz Kafka. It describes the analogies presented by Kafka in the book and the reactions of the spectators who come to see the hunger artist. The paper also discusses how "A Hunger Artist" can be considered on many different levels of understanding, as well as some of the questions that arise upon reading the book.
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"Yet, perhaps Kafka is noting that the true artists, the best ones, are those who remain popular long after these passing fancies, long after many, many different kinds of freaks and abnormalities. In fact, Kafka, himself, is one of these. Decades later, he is read and appreciated more than when he was alive. He speaks for humanity today, just as he spoke for humanity in his times. This is the true artist--Not one who craves power and attention or devotes every minute to his art to prove how different he his, but the one whose work lasts and is viewed, or listened to, or read over and over again for decades or centuries to come."
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"A Hunger Artist", 2007.
This paper discusses Franz Kafka's work "A Hunger Artist".
1,374 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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In this article, the writer analyzes the book "A Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka. The writer notes that as a symbol for alienation, A Hunger Artist is one of the most explicit stories related to the condition of the artist in a world he does not feel he belongs to. The writer points out that it is also a reflection on the condition of the artist constantly needing attention, but also willing to stay apart from the crowd. The writer discusses that both, Kafka and the Hunger Artist are condemned to a life imprisoned inside their own feelings and universe, unable to communicate with the world, kept prisoners by their inner universe, a microcosm inside a macrocosm. The writer concludes that like other characters of Kafka's literary work, the main character in this story is trapped by his own condition and by his lack of ability to escape it.
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"The cage he willingly exposes himself in to the masses stands both for anathema and protection from direct contact to the rest of the world. Who were those exposed in a cage to the public opprobrium, in ancient times? The villains, the criminals, the thieves were subjects to such a treatment. And yet, the artist puts himself in a cage expecting the world's admiration and approval, or even more, its understanding. The Hunger Artist in the cage is not likely to be seen in reality, but it is the perfect image of alienation in a world that does no reflect anything of the artist's soul. Every artist is craving for understanding and for approval in this sense. The Hunger Artist also symbolizes the artist's love for sensational. The author himself seems to see the world through the Hunger Artist's eyes. He is aware that his existence is useless unless the world understands, approves and constantly admires him. On the other side, he seems unable to understand the world in his turn. He chooses fasting as a life career, admitting at one point, that it is easier than it seems. He chooses being different as a carrier, on the other side it seems that he cannot help it, it seems the carrier chose him. Anything can be brought to the rank of an art, so fasting is the art of the Hunger Artist."
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'The Hunger Artist', 2006.
A review of Franz Kafka's 'The Hunger Artist'.
1,151 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper takes a look at the 'The Hunger Artist' by Franz Kafka. According to the paper, 'The Hunger Artist' is an unforgettable story that recounts the pain and anguish of an artist who earns money through public fasting. The paper discusses how this mordant tale is highly symbolic in nature and signifies the rapid though subtle death of the artist and his art.
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"The artist also shares a weird relationship with the public. This is an interesting point to understand. The artist is in love with his profession but his love is fleeting. It is not based on his true passion for his art but on the fact that it gives him public adulation and respect. He is craving for public's love and when that love is taken away, his passion for his art diminishes to the point that it becomes non-existent. Kafka is trying to explain that art never dies and the artist doesn't have to starve if he feeds on his passion. But if it is people's adulation that he is craving, he is always vulnerable. The conversation with the supervisor highlights this sickness. "
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Franz Kafka?s "A Hunger Artist", 2004.
A review of the short story, "A Hunger Artist", written by Franz Kafka, comparing it to Kafka's life.
921 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses the many similarities between Kafka's ?A Hunger Artist? and the private world of Franz Kafka. The paper provides a brief look into Kafka's background and the problematic relationship he had with his parents. The paper states that the predominant theme of the story is one of misunderstanding and explains how this theme relates to Kafka's life.
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"Franz Kafka?s short story, ?A Hunger Artist? is considered by many to be a bizarre story about a bizarre art. The plot revolves around an artist who literally dies for his art while he is misunderstood for most of his life. The starving artist experiences an inner turmoil that he is never able to escape. In addition, the artist never finds the desperately needed approval he seeks from the public. While this story may appear to have nothing in common with anyone that exists in the real world, upon close inspection, we can see parallels in Kafka?s life and that of the starving artist."
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Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" and "The Hunger Artist", 2004.
Compares and contrasts two of Franz Kafka's most famous stories, "The Metamorphosis" and "The Hunger Artist".
1,456 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 48.95
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This paper presents a comparison and a contrast between "The Metamorphosis" of Gregor Samsa and the privation of "The Hunger Artist". The paper first summarizes the two stories and then takes a look at the themes of identity, family, and change running throughout the stories. This is followed by a comparison of the characters, the conflicts, and the language features.
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"Franz Kafka?s Metamorphosis contains one of the most famous beginnings of any short story ever written, stating that the central protagonist, Gregor Samsa, woke one morning to discover that he had been transformed into a large cockroach. Gregor?s parents, unsurprisingly, are rather distressed by this development. Despite Gregor?s alarming appearance, however, they apparently recognize him. However, Gregor becomes a prisoner of his room and a prisoner of his body. He can no longer go to work. Once, he was the financial and emotion support structure of his family. Now he is reduced to scuttling around his room. He is beaten by the home?s charwoman and fed by his repulsed sister Greta."
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"A Hunger Artist", 2007.
An analysis of the metaphoric meanings found in Franz Kafka's "A Hunger Artist."
1,196 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper discusses "A Hunger Artist," which was written by Franz Kafka in 1922. It discusses the plot structure of the story and explains how it can be divided into three parts. The paper further explains that each part has profound, metaphoric meaning and then describes some of these meanings. In addition, the paper relates that Kafka's story is composed of strange ideas and mixtures between the real and the surreal.
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"Nevertheless, the artist continues to perform his weird art, because he needs to feel superior to his audience. He needs to prove to himself that his art is living and breathing, that it is superior to everybody's ignorance, that it is intense and powerful. The artist decides that the inaccessibility of his art is a very wise way to protect it from the unenlightened eyes of the others. Ordinary people are much more interested in cheap entertainment, in watching someone else's private life than really understanding the nucleus of a certain visible fact - like fasting. They don't even try to guess what's behind it, they are satisfied if it's weird enough to stimulate their yet obtuse curiosity. The artist feels accomplished if his stomach is empty, but his soul abounding - in art."
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"A Hunger Artist", 2007.
A analysis of the themes found in "A Hunger Artist", by Franz Kafka.
1,217 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses Franz Kafka's "A Hunger Artist" (otherwise translated from German as "A Fasting Artist"), which is a strange and compelling short story that revolves around the themes of artistic alienation and suffering. The paper describes the work as both fantastic and real at the same time and discusses these two aspects of the story. The paper also divides the structure of the story into three sections and explains each of them.
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"In the end the hunger artist has no choice but to choose the career that he does. While it is not realistic in the ordinary common sense meaning of the word, in terms of his difference and alienation from others, it is the only choice for him. It is in fact the only reality that he can endure. By using the metaphor and symbol in the story, Kafka is able to present a very convincing and penetrating story that enables the reader to understand the often strange life of the artist in a society that does not accept him. The entire story can therefore be seen as a metaphor of artistic suffering and the indifference of the world to the artistic way of seeing reality. Therefore on the one hand the story is unrealistic and fantastic but on the other hand it enables us to understand reality from a perspective other then the ordinary."
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"The Hunger Artist", 2005.
An examination of the artist's role in society according to "The Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka.
1,690 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper provides a summary, review and analysis of Kafka's "The Hunger Artist." It also includes a personal reaction in the summary.
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"Franz Kafka was a Czech-born author whose short story, "The Hunger Artist," provides us with a glimpse into humanity's soul. According to the research, Kafka suffered from poor health and depression all of his life, and he spent several years in sanitariums. Although he devoted all of his spare time to writing, none of his novels were published during his lifetime. Before his death from tuberculosis in 1924, Kafka asked a friend to destroy his manuscripts. They were preserved, however, and "The Hunger Artist" was published in 1924. According to Dr. Felice Aull, in this work, Kafka tells a story of a "hunger artist" who finds himself at the pinnacle of his career with nowhere to go. Dr. Aull says that, "In the old days people would enthusiastically observe the artist as he fasted, some of them watching carefully for surreptitious snacking. In those times 40 days was the limit of fasting; on the 40th day, the artist's cage was decked in flowers as he emerged to the ministrations of doctors and the crowd's applause" (Aull, 2000, 3) However, as the public interest in the art of fasting as a medium of entertainment begins to decline, the hunger artist (let's call him "Art") looks for a way to keep performing while perfecting his act -- at least that is what Franz would have us believe."
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Hunger Theories, 2002.
Compares and contrasts "victim-blaming and "charitable" approaches to hunger with structural explanations of inequality, poverty, and hunger.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses how the mass media distracts us from the problems of inequality, poverty and hunger. In this way, there is "victim-blaming" process occurring because the victims themselves are held to be responsible for their own victimization, when in fact it is the structural models of the society that have caused these injustices. The system creates an ideology which it disseminates through the mass media. That ideology entertains its audience in such a way as to make the suffering of victims invisible. 7 pgs. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Hunger in Industrialized America, 2004.
This paper discusses issues of hunger in industrialized America.
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper relates that, while hunger is considered to be a topic of third world countries, hunger exists in the United States despite the countries long history of food production. The author points out that part of the hunger problem is the lack of real nutritional value in processed foods that are popular and readily available in the United States; sugary, heat-and-eat processed food are cheap forcing many families, including the hungry, to purchase this type of meal instead of the necessary staple foods children need to grow into healthy adults. The paper stresses that American families, who are going hungry from lack of money, are not only the poor living from government assistance but also working families, who fall below the poverty line, but earn too much to be eligible for available assistance.
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"Advances in agricultural science and techniques, food processing technologies, and storage systems have impacted our society both in positive and negative ways. On the one hand, we can now feed more people from less land than ever before. But on the other hand, food processing and the manufacture of snack food, junk food, and the sales of the fast food industry have created a nation of fat, but still yet hungry individuals and families. Unfortunately, even in the most advanced civilization the world has ever known and with grocery stores and restaurants on every corner, there are still those in America that are going hungry several nights of the week."
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Hunger, Food Insecurity, and Nutritional Deficiencies, 2004.
This paper discusses that hunger and food insecurity are two related concepts with many of the same causes and affecting many of the same populations.
1,060 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper explains that food insecurity describes a situation in which there is uncertainty in a household?s food supply. The author points out that the difference between hunger and food insecurity is related to where they fall on a continuum of food scarcity in a household; if food intake has not actually been reduced, but the possibility exists that it may be, then the situation is food insecurity, and hunger results. The paper relates that, when children suffer from hunger, their bodies are deprived of critical nutrients required for proper functioning, which puts them at increased risk of being deficient in vital nutrients. This is important because children?s bodies are still developing.
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"In the U.S., households are categorized into four groups based upon the reliability of their food source. Ideally, a family is considered ?food secure?: intake is not reduced and food supply is not a concern. Food insecure (without hunger) reflects concerns ?about adequacy of the household food supply? with no reduction in intake reported. Food insecure (with hunger) is further broken down into two categories. If the reduction in intake applies only to adults in the household, the insecurity is moderate. Food insecurity with hunger becomes severe when children in the household are not getting enough to eat."
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Free Trade and World Hunger, 2008.
This paper discusses why free trade, as it is presently constituted, does not diminish world hunger.
1,447 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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The writer of this article, notes that as trade barriers come down and as the world grows more inter-connected and inter-dependent, it is tempting to suggest that free trade is the antidote to world hunger. This paper explores how free trade globalization has compelled some areas of the globe to specialize or concentrate in the harvesting/cultivation of foodstuffs that are anticipated to sell well in foreign (western) markets or have done so in the past. The writer argues that free trade has not, and will not, as it stands right now, reduce global hunger inasmuch as those markets that have sufficient wealth to "fatten" the bottom lines of agricultural corporations will continue to be catered to, while the economic and health-related needs of the global poor will be cast aside in the quest for profits. The writer concludes that unregulated free markets that do not demand a social conscience on the part of producers or corporations do nothing to alleviate world hunger.
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"One other thing that happens is that free trade as it is presently constituted advantages the wealthy populations of the world while disadvantaging the poor peoples of the globe. This occurs because, as we in a free market global economy relentlessly define food productivity by production per unit of labor, any technological or business "advance" that can be implemented in a developing part of the world with the end goal of boosting food production - or at least foodstuff production when it comes to a desirable commodity - is coveted to the exclusion of all other concerns, such as fears of environmental displacement and social/labor dislocation. Suffice it to say, new adaptations may include the aforementioned introduction of new pesticides as well as new forms of bio-engineering; not to be overlooked, food producers may look at the re-deployment of the infrastructural or manufacturing resources of a region in ways that facilitate the production of one or a few types of "in-demand" foodstuffs as opposed to deployments that facilitate the production of many different types of foodstuffs. These so-called "innovations" frequently do little more than result in over-specialization, resource exhaustion, and in a loss of jobs for those who are not involved in the cultivation of in-demand goods."
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"World Hunger, Twelve Lives", 2002.
This book discusses the myth that world hunger is the unavoidable result of the forces of nature.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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The thesis of the book is that the popular reasons, which are used to explain world hunger, are simply false. This book stresses the way that people think about hunger is the greatest obstacle to ending it.
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World Hunger, 2002.
A discussion of factors which contribute to the terrible phenomenon of world hunger.
935 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper examines social and economic factors which have assisted in spreading world hunger. The writer provides many shocking statistics about the plight of famine driven nations and how famine always seems to hit third world countries. The paper also looks at efforts made by the UN and other organizations to assist these nations. The phenomenon of hunger in America is analyzed as being one of non-caring, more than environment or political problems.
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"World hunger has invaded our universe with the tyranny of a thousand Napoleon armies. This agent of destruction exists all around the world and affects millions of people. It is my determination that world hunger is eradicated in every corner of the world. The removal of this dreadful quandary is of the utmost importance if we are to ensure a hunger free environment for generations to come."
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Hunger: Who is Responsible?, 2006.
A critique of the Hunger Relief Act of 1999 to expand food stamps programs.
1,295 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper is critical of the Hunger Relief Act of 1999, arguing that it will expand entitlements to immigrants and overtax the U.S. budget. The author maintains that the majority of America's hungry are recent immigrants, who have come from impoverished countries to the U.S. in search of a hand-out. The author concludes that the U.S. needs ambitious people of all genders, colors and ethnic backgrounds seeking to participate in the nation's economic growth rather those coming just to collect food stamps and welfare checks.
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"The Hunger Relief Act of 1999, co-sponsored by a bi-partisan group of liberal senators and Congress-persons, will expand food stamps and increase the Emergency Food Assistance Program. The bill was introduced in the Senate on October 27, and in the house on November 1. Of course, it is humanely and politically incorrect to be "against" eliminating hunger. What is possible, however, is to be against the new bureaucracy that this bill engenders, and the increased dependency on federal welfare programs, when hunger should be eradicated by providing work and income incentives that will provide the nourishment for young and old. This is far more fair than handouts generation after generation, where little effort is made to find the reasons for poverty and hunger and attacking them."
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