... one has faith. His forty-day fasts, which mirror Christ's forty-day period in the desert to which he subjects himself to Satan's temptations, are greeted with cynicism and apathy. (SparkNotes Editors). The Hunger Artist is an imitation of Jesus Christ, where he travels to countries, and fasts for 40 days. The only difference is that Christ suffers, and dies for ... ...

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