The Hunger Artist

The author of The HungerArtist wanted the reader to see the hunger artist as a work of art. To him a person fasting should be seen as something that you should observe and be able to understand. However the author doesn't want you to admire him or be like him he just wants you to take notice and see what he sees. Also when the hunger artist says the reason he wouldn't eat is because he couldn't find anything that he enjoyed, even though he never looked to find anything to feed his hunger, he really meant that fasting and cleansing yourself was the only thing that could satisfy his hunger. To him this was seen as beautiful. As a result he spent his last days dying from fasting, his body was finally shutting down. But since he loved what he did so much he could never change for the better, but rather die from the worst, which I thought was panther that was placed in the cage when he died........ I really enjoyed reading this story, the moral was very deep.