... fame, reputation, and honor. Kafka, most well-known as one of the greatest existential authors of the 20th century, writes in this story of a Hunger Artist that uses his craft as a means of gaining attention and attraction. The Hunger Artist's attempts eventually result in quite the opposite when he continues to fast in order to regain his audience's attention, whom has grown bored of ... before his death, in which he admits his fasting to be not an art or skill worthy of causing a spectacle, but, simply, a dislike of any food. By the time the Hunger Artist reaches his death, he has fal...

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