Viewing a story from the psychological lens is beneficial to the reader because it helps determine why each character does and says the things they do. The short stories “A Hunger Artist”, “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”, and “Fight Club” are best viewed from the psychological lens. Each story depicts a need for a sense of purpose, the need for attention, the harsh reality of abandonment, or the impact of self-destruction.
“A Hunger Artist” by Franz Kafka is meant to be read from the psychological viewpoint. The hunger artist loses his sense of purpose, suffers from abandonment, and self-destructs. He is lost in the world “because [he] couldn’t find food that [he] enjoyed” (6). The food that the hunger artist neglects to find is his purpose in life. He hasn’t found something yet that makes him feel like he belongs in the world. So instead, the hunger artist starves himself of everything, including food. “Experience had shown that for about forty days one could increasingly whip up a city’s interest by …show more content…
“[He] found out the crime don’t matter” and that punishment is inevitable (9). By the time the Misfit meets the family, he has nothing left to lose. He is already an escaped felon, so he cannot rebuild his life and live like a normal person in society. So, he kills any witness to his escaping. The Misfit goes down this self-destruction path because “somewheres along the line [he] done something wrong and got sent to the penitentiary” (9). The Misfit’s self-destructive ways are due to his loss of his purpose in life.
The Misfit’s name depicts what kind of man he is. He is an outcast, someone who never fit in and never will. The author purposely named him this to highlight the actions of this Misfit and how they fit with his personality. At some point in his life, the Misfit lost his identity and became his vicious crimes. He can no longer go back to the life he once had because that man is
“A Hunger Artist” by Franz Kafka is meant to be read from the psychological viewpoint. The hunger artist loses his sense of purpose, suffers from abandonment, and self-destructs. He is lost in the world “because [he] couldn’t find food that [he] enjoyed” (6). The food that the hunger artist neglects to find is his purpose in life. He hasn’t found something yet that makes him feel like he belongs in the world. So instead, the hunger artist starves himself of everything, including food. “Experience had shown that for about forty days one could increasingly whip up a city’s interest by …show more content…
“[He] found out the crime don’t matter” and that punishment is inevitable (9). By the time the Misfit meets the family, he has nothing left to lose. He is already an escaped felon, so he cannot rebuild his life and live like a normal person in society. So, he kills any witness to his escaping. The Misfit goes down this self-destruction path because “somewheres along the line [he] done something wrong and got sent to the penitentiary” (9). The Misfit’s self-destructive ways are due to his loss of his purpose in life.
The Misfit’s name depicts what kind of man he is. He is an outcast, someone who never fit in and never will. The author purposely named him this to highlight the actions of this Misfit and how they fit with his personality. At some point in his life, the Misfit lost his identity and became his vicious crimes. He can no longer go back to the life he once had because that man is