Lean And Hungry Look Analysis
Analisis of the "Lean and hungry look".
The more the reader "re-reads" the essay of the lean and hungry look, the clearer it becomes to realize that the author is truly talking about the comparison of oppresed people, and easy going people. Mrs.Britt makes sure the reader stays with the main idea in every paragraph. She uses the word thin, and fat constantly. Also includes examples about her both types of people; thin and fat, in positive ways. Ironically, she prefers to be fat regardless of her descriptions. When the reader reads the essay for the first time, the reader might have an understanding of Mrs.Britt to be careless and almost have a child-like attitude towards life. One of the most serious comments she makes is when she talks …show more content…
But the thin person persists. "If you consume more calories than you burn," says one of my thin friends, "you will gain weight. It's that simple." Fat people always grin when they hear statements like that. They know better... Mrs.Britt describes an experience she had with both types of people involbing a jigsaw puzzle. She argues that the important thing for fat people is the fun of doing the puzzle and taking their time to enjoy it. Contrarily, "thin people" as she continous to call them, put the pieces in order of size, shapes, and color to finish early. Then Mrs.Britt states how the main problem about thin people is that they oppress. As a result, the reader gets a much clear understanding; the real issue here is the difference of oppressed people and easy going people. Moreover, opress, is one of the few negative words that describe her "thin person". The more the reader pays attention to her thin people descriptions, the reader can understand that Mrs.Britt is talking about people who are uptight. The lean and hungry look does a well job of keeping the readers alert, and forces them to be attentive of what is going on. Due to all the tricks and irony she uses throughout the essay, we can see that her thin person was just a great slick way of provoking a responce, or at least making the reader to read it
The more the reader "re-reads" the essay of the lean and hungry look, the clearer it becomes to realize that the author is truly talking about the comparison of oppresed people, and easy going people. Mrs.Britt makes sure the reader stays with the main idea in every paragraph. She uses the word thin, and fat constantly. Also includes examples about her both types of people; thin and fat, in positive ways. Ironically, she prefers to be fat regardless of her descriptions. When the reader reads the essay for the first time, the reader might have an understanding of Mrs.Britt to be careless and almost have a child-like attitude towards life. One of the most serious comments she makes is when she talks …show more content…
But the thin person persists. "If you consume more calories than you burn," says one of my thin friends, "you will gain weight. It's that simple." Fat people always grin when they hear statements like that. They know better... Mrs.Britt describes an experience she had with both types of people involbing a jigsaw puzzle. She argues that the important thing for fat people is the fun of doing the puzzle and taking their time to enjoy it. Contrarily, "thin people" as she continous to call them, put the pieces in order of size, shapes, and color to finish early. Then Mrs.Britt states how the main problem about thin people is that they oppress. As a result, the reader gets a much clear understanding; the real issue here is the difference of oppressed people and easy going people. Moreover, opress, is one of the few negative words that describe her "thin person". The more the reader pays attention to her thin people descriptions, the reader can understand that Mrs.Britt is talking about people who are uptight. The lean and hungry look does a well job of keeping the readers alert, and forces them to be attentive of what is going on. Due to all the tricks and irony she uses throughout the essay, we can see that her thin person was just a great slick way of provoking a responce, or at least making the reader to read it