Assignment on Franz Kafka, "A Hunger Artist"

Study this famous short story very carefully. You know now to pay close attention to every detail! Read it first, so you can then RE-read it and start to see patterns.

Pick a subject for your 300-350 word essay on "A Hunger Artist".

Examples: Is it an allegory? if so, of what? Who is the Hunger Artist? Who is his impresario? Who are his audience? What accounts for their interest in his art? What accounts for their declining interest in it? What is the Hunger Artist's reaction and why?

But do NOT pick several of these questions, or other questions. Pick ONE of them, and write on that. Naturally, you must draw upon passages from any part of the story. But write about only one topic.

Email to me and to your group.