Absolutely Fabulous Essay

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Absolutely Fabulous Augusten Burroughs, in his inspiring piece of writing, “Absolutely Fabulous,” will stop at nothing until he gets the abs he’s been admiring. Though Burroughs writes with admiration, excitement, and determination, his reason to develop abdominal muscles is very weak. I expected more importance for the reason of him developing abs. He states that it is something very unique to develop. He claims he hasn’t seen the inside of a gym in four years; he is disappointing in himself with the shape he is now. Mostly because 4 years ago, he was closer to developing abs than in the shape he is now. Burroughs says himself, “I would never be with somebody who had abs.” Why acquire abdominal muscles in the first place? But his determination is set, and Burroughs made it clear he won’t stop until he gets abs. Burroughs decides to use very odd techniques to pursue his goal; for example, vomiting after consuming a meal. He follows advice he receives from a handful of women. One of them tells him to drink a lot of water and that he has to eat a lot. Eating a small meal won’t be very effective. Burroughs extends his training every day. After meeting with his elliptical trainer, he would do crunches the way his chiropractor instructed him to. He would starve himself believing that the laws of physics would naturally give him the abs he wanted while doing the exercises every day. Burroughs starts writing this essay month’s before he would develop abdominal muscles. I think he did this to keep reminding himself he has a goal to achieve. Also, I think he wants to see results throughout the process. He never informs the reader if he actually achieved his goal. But I think he still put a lot of thought into his conclusion, actually, the conclusion was my favorite part of this essay. In the last line of his essay he says, “Beauty. It is a fool’s

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