A Hungry Artist by Fanz Kafka, is such a weird and complex story that I had to read it again! I was inspired on how a short story about an artist making himself hungry be so simple but yet complex? The story start out on describing about fasting artist, who spends his time in a cage being a public display being a spectacle. Weird as it is he was a big hit but still was never satisfied with his performance. ( This reminds me of the rich and the famous, NEVER SATISFIED lol!) " Hunger Artist was misunderstood, and so was his vision of transcendence and artistic excellence was which rejected or ignored by the public.
What made me interested in the story was that he was able to be loyal to himself. He dare not to cheat and did it because it was something he believed in. He reminded me of godly-like character that surpassed human nature. It's ironic how things turned out for the hungry artist, finally when someone finally notices his ability to starve and give him some recognition it was just too late.
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Yes, this is one thematic line--the conflict of the artist remaining true to his/her vision or compromising to reach a wider audience... see opening comments on the class blog and comments on other blogs for other things to think about...
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