Description such as “I love the feeling I had after purging, of being clean and shiny inside like a scrubbed machine, superhuman” appear frequently in this section of the essay (Lau 157). Lau ridiculously compares her bulimic-damaged self to a “superhuman” and “scrubbed machine” (157). The comparison seems to have a sarcastic undertone in it due to the incorrectness of this metaphor. The word choice in the specific sentence, “I would cram clusters of bananas into my mouth, or tubs of ice cream that lurched back up my throat in a thin and startlingly sweet projectile”, gives it an illusive cheering mood, while this content is in fact sick (Lau 158). It is authentic to think Lau has done it purposefully just to point out how absurd was it to think bulimia is
Description such as “I love the feeling I had after purging, of being clean and shiny inside like a scrubbed machine, superhuman” appear frequently in this section of the essay (Lau 157). Lau ridiculously compares her bulimic-damaged self to a “superhuman” and “scrubbed machine” (157). The comparison seems to have a sarcastic undertone in it due to the incorrectness of this metaphor. The word choice in the specific sentence, “I would cram clusters of bananas into my mouth, or tubs of ice cream that lurched back up my throat in a thin and startlingly sweet projectile”, gives it an illusive cheering mood, while this content is in fact sick (Lau 158). It is authentic to think Lau has done it purposefully just to point out how absurd was it to think bulimia is