Since the last response to fictional novel, The Edible Woman written by Margret Atwood, Marian McAlpin's life and rebellion against (what was formally) the modern role of woman in society, becomes more afflictive and more self destructing. We left off Marian's introduction to her creeping struggle towards eating food when she begins empathizing for a steak that Peter (fiancee) is eating. Shortly after she is unable to eat meat. Ainsley continues her plan to have a child without any sign of father in it's life with Marian's old friend Len, and succeeds. She becomes pregnant after carefully seducing Len with with her virgin schoolgirl act. Shortly after Ainsley's plan of getting inpregnated is carried out Len is made aware of the situation by Marian, after much hesitation. While Len and Marian discuss, he tells Marian about his prolonging fear of eggs, and this leaves Marian impotent to eat her breakfast, soft boiled eggs. Marian is gradually becoming aware that Peter is detaching her from her own self as well as reality, taking her identity away from her by proposal, judgment toward her, and simply urging her by following societal patterns. When he decides to throw a party, whom Marian invited Duncan and roommates, Peter is critical towards Marian's wardrobe. He tells her to go out and buy a new dress and wear it to his gathering because all of her current clothing choices are "mousy". To please him, she finds a stunning red dress and show's up daringly done up. Duncan, an odd man she met surveying beer (whom she visits regularly now), isn't impressed by this. He asked her if it was a masquerade party and blatantly leaves, when Marian follows they find themselves spending the night with one another at a sleazy hotel. The next morning she is unable to eat a thing. To give the novel an unexpected ending, when she becomes fully aware that Peter must be consuming her identity, as a woman especially, she bakes him a women shaped cake in attempt of consuming him much…
