However, Kafka's "A Hunger Artist" places a different, stronger, and a deeper meaning to this word. ... Kafka's writing style in "A Hunger Artist" seems fairly easy. ... Kafka also incorporates the use of imagery in his short story A Hunger Artist. ... Kafka seems to suggest that the hunger artist's popularity, and, by extension, Christ's, is just a trend. ... Overall Franz Kafka was successful in illustrating the theme life, consciousness, and existence in his short story a hunger artist through his elaborate use of literary elements, and his wise word choice. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"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...

• Word Count: 1008
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• Grade Level: High School

After reading "A Hunger Artist," by Franz Kafka and "Araby," by James Joyce, I felt a strong connection between the two. The stories themselves are very different, however the literary elements are quite similar. Personally, character, symbol and plot structure stood out the most to me. The authors ...

• Word Count: 1024
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School