Hungry By H. A. Swain: An Analysis

Humans and Birds share the difference of their wings. Birds have visible wings to fly them to areas of safety and food; whereas, humans have invisible wings to be a leader and accept their flaws. In the novel, Hungry, H.A. Swain focuses on a generation where food is gone. Thalia, a 17 year old girl, has the life any teenager would ask for. She had parents who were rich, lived with her parents, and received good grades. Thalia believed that her parents shouldn’t be her main identity, and wanted to discover herself. Thalia grew up in a society with high technology, and no food. Basically, there was little communication and relationships being built and people focused on a medication called Synthamil to provide proper nutrients. Throughout the novel, Thalia starts off as a rebellious teenager, wanting to do her things her “own” way. …show more content…
Slowly, Thalia notices that she’s different, and hears her stomach growl, and meets a boy with the similar problem. Together, they found out that they were “hungry” because the generation they lived in, banned food. In Thalia’s generation, there was a law to prohibit citizens from talking about the past. Thalia understood the past and wanted to discover the past with the help of her grandma’s memory of savoring food. To save their generation, Thalia had to break rules and befriend friends and her parents to save future children from their generation of advanced technology. Thalia’s wings became more visible towards the end of the novel, when she gave speeches and assisted in the Analogs, a movement created to bring back food and save the generation from no