ce of entertainment a circus hired him as a minor attraction. There the story says, “When the public came thronging out in the intervals to see the animals, they could hardly avoid passing the hunger artist’s cage and stopping there for a moment; … And that was the reason why the hunger artist, who had of course been looking forward to these visiting hours as the main achievement of his life, began instead to shrink from them.”(303)At the end I believe it was the lack of attention that caused him to die for it was the way “the world was cheating him of his reward”(304) This meant the artist was never satisfied with the amount of attention he had received and he wanted more. And the artist’s audience over time had lost interest in his art, and better modes of entertainment had been produced. Fasting to the Hunger Artist was an art. He like many artists had a passion for his performances. It was an expression of his inner emotion, which often cannot be communicated to anyone in the true sense that the artist had expressed it. What he considered his art came from his soul therefore it gave him a sense of spirituality. The Hunger Artist was a man who loved his work but was upset by the fact that no one understood it to the fullest extent. He got a great deal of pride from peoples reaction to his art and found it quite pleasurable to be the center of attention. It did make him happy when people didn’t believe he was sincere in his art. It gave him a chance to prove his worthiness to the watchers. Of course it was easy for him because he never reached the full amount of attention from his audience because he was always limited. Before his death he confessed the simplicity of his art and when saying, “I never found the food that I liked.”(304) He meant he never found total satisfaction from his crowed.When the crowed stopped coming to see him, it seems he gave up his will to live. Fo...
