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Frank Kafka's The Hunger Artist

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In Frank Kafka’s “The Hunger Artist” various symbolic and allegorical language can be seen. Characteristics it shares with poetry is figurative language. The cage is a symbol towards alienation from society. While people gather up in front of him even during the peak of his career, he remains alienated from everyone else. However, it was his own personal choice to be admitted into the cage which suggests that it could be a symbol for security, to protect him from people who do not understand him. People do not understand his art and are constantly accusing him of cheating by eating something which causes him to desperately try to prove them wrong by singing to prove he’s not eating. This conveys knowing he’s fasting isn’t enough, he continuously
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