“A Hunger Artist” by Franz Kafka is a story that follows the main character who is a professional hunger artist. Which means the main character is a public performer that fasts for a number of days. The main character would bring in a crowd of people who would come to see him in a cage. The performer would be watched by usually three people who would make sure that he wasn’t secretly eating. They considered the hunger artist to be art because of the amount of people who would come see him. Even though the hunger artist was considered art he was hurting is body from not eating for many days. “I always wanted you to admire my fasting” the hunger artist said. “We do admire it” said the overseer, affably. “But you shouldn’t admire it” said the
