A Hunger Artist

by Franz Kafka

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A Hunger Artist Questions and Answers

What is the setting of "A Hunger Artist"? Does it play an important role, or is it simply the place and time where things happen?

What is Kafka's writing style like in "A Hunger Artist"?

What does the cage symbolize in "A Hunger Artist"?

in  "A Hunger Artist", how would you characterize this story's tone?

How did Kafka describe alienation in "A Hunger Artist" ?

What might the panther symbolize in "A Hunger Artist"?

Can you explain the symbols and the ironies in the story "A Hunger Artist"?

In "A Hunger Artist," what does it mean when the artist says "I always wanted you to admire my fasting"? Why does Kafka end the story as he does?

In "The Hunger Artist," what is the relation between the artist and those who watched him?

What do we mean by the search for perfection? How is the "search for perfection" an obstacle for Kafka's main character in the Hunger Artist?

Did "hunger artists" really exist?

What are the Postcolonial elements in A Hunger Artist?

In "A Hunger Artist," how does Kafka describe the changing relationship between the artist and the audience?

Was the hunger artist an artist? Why or why not?

Provide your understanding of the central theme in "A Hunger Artist." Consider the relationship between the artist and his audience.

Analyze the following passage in “A Hunger Artist”: “The food he liked was brought to him without hesitation by the attendants; he seemed not even to miss his freedom; his noble body, furnished almost to the bursting point with all that it needed, seemed to carry freedom around with it too; somewhere in his jaws it seemed to lurk; and the joy of life streamed with such ardent passion from his throat that for the onlookers it was not easy to stand the shock of it.”

What is the enveloping action in regards to the story's sense of the "times" and characters' interaction with social currents in "A Hunger Artist"?

In "A Hunger Artist," suggest reasons why Kafka selected an expert in fasting and not a priest or a singer as the central figure in the story.

Suggest reasons for Kafka's selection of an expert in fasting (rather than a priest or singer) as the central figure in the story.

What does the cage symbolize in "The Hunger Artist"? For this response, support from the text and clear sentence structure are required.

What drives someone to do strange things like the protagonist of A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka? Do any people do anything similar to the hunger artist today?

What does his own and his spectator’s indifference to his accomplishment suggest in "A Hunger Artist"?

How do the events of "A Hunger Artist" match up with the flat, matter-of-fact tone in which it is written?