"A Hunger Artist," by Franz Kafka, and "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings," by Gabriel Garcia Marquez follows the same theme of alienation, neglect and dehumanization to those who are deemed different. In "A Hunger Artist," Kafka expresses the unique aspects of the hunger artist as well as the alienation he faces. ... Kafka includes a few key elements of dehumanization when he explains the process of getting the hunger artist out of the cage. ... By comparing "A Hunger Artist," by Franz Kafka, and "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings," by Gabriel Garcia Marquez , we are able to see the stru...

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