What Is The Mood Of The Hunger Artist

Hunger Artist, a short story written by Franz Kafka in 1924. This short story is about a character known as the “hunger artist” and he is fasting while traveling around in Europe. This man is admired while he locks himself into a cage to prove to other he can fast for forty days. When the forty days had passed, he feels like he needs more and is decides to join a circus to make money. Once he joins the circus and realize that the crowd is not to fond and does not appreciate his fasting as much as others. After a couple of years later the circus crew forgot about the “hunger artist” and he is found dying under a hay stacks, and explained that he fasted only because there was not any appetizing food. Franz Kafka writing style and techniques are …show more content…
This short story is written in third person, unlimited and the tone of the story is troubled and misunderstood. For example, of the tone is when the hunger artist is first introduced and the crowd around him does not know how to react to him, “Everybody wanted to see him at least once a day… for their elder he was often a joke, but the children stood open-mouthed” (Kafka,207). The narrator the “hunger artist” as someone that constantly seeks attention for example, ““I always wanted you to admire my fasting said the “hunger artist”” (Kafka,213). The conflict Kafka illustrated was that the “hunger artist” wants to be admired and known as an influential character in Europe, but failed after going to the circus. The author set this conflict to show readers that the “hunger artist” low confidence in himself left him seeking attention to be appreciated by others. Kafka used a panther to help compare how fierce and strong the animal was and comparison to the “hunger artist” being weak and needy. Readers can comprehend Kafka message as being confident in oneself, and to not rely on other opinion to decide ones worth. To conclude, “A Hunger Artist” readers can learn a lot from the message of the story. The message Kafka conveyed is to enlighten readers on being confident in a reasonable life style and not for the attention they will get from it. Readers can appreciate