In the one hour long special that really touched my heart it shows how this overgrowing crisis is getting out of hand and how us as Americans need to lend a helping hand to stop this. By helping start more programs in my community and helping give students enough nutritious food to get them through weekends, hand-delivering meals to students’ homes during summer break, and providing services to their families and local food kitchens we would decrease a lot of this. We can also help out by calling our governors to help out. Hunger Hits Home made it clear that America’s hunger crisis is occurring in every neighborhood in the United States. And they also make it clear that when everyone contributes to making a difference, we can stop hunger in its tracks and give every child a healthy, happy
The hunger artist's art is, in a sense, suffering (or seems to be up to a certain point in the story.) The pleasure and artistry of fasting comes from the free will he exercises in his self-denial and masochism. Although he is confined to a cage, he has control over his pain and hunger (except when the impresario manages him), pushing himself past human limits in his constant search for a new artistic masterpiece, in the form of starvation. Kafka mocks the cultural view that usually would romanticize the hunger artist as an alienated "starving artist" who defies capitalist society and focuses solely on his own art. However, the hunger artist questions the importance of his unconventional art at two separate points.
He explained that the need to survive grew stronger, more motivating, and in turn, making him more ruthless with the thought that, he must kill others before they kill him, played over and over in his mind. He states, “I had learned to survive and take care of myself… I liked being alone, since it made surviving easier.” (Beah p. 153). Beah’s rationale bears a striking resemblance to what Robbins explains as a common misunderstanding about hunger and the factors that motivate survival. Furthermore, Robbins explains that famine and overpopulation are not the most common reasons for hunger, but due to a fear of death and the illusion of starvation created by deceitful individualistic ideologies of survival that are connected to basic human instincts; forcing people to view their neighbor as a threat to their personal survival (Robbins p.
In line two, the perception that I made was since the speaker to me likes to feed off of others he is saying that it is like they have eaten twice because they have had pinched off of everyone else. In lines three and four which reads And striving so to double his delight, He makes himself a thoroughfare of vice. (3-4) explains that the speaker of the poem is trying to get more of what he love. I believe this because he when the author says “and striving so to double his delight” means that he is pushing to get more of something they really like. In line four the author uses the word “vice” to describe that eating is a negative character trait, meaning he is making himself look bad because of his greediness.
The food that so many of us take for granted everyday could mean the world to this young boy, Richard. Such a basic need not being met affects him achieving any of his other human needs in life. In Richard Wrights Black Boy, Richards overcomes the obstacles of hunger and poverty in order to become a writer who is able to shares his experiences in life of suppression with others. Knowledge is information and skills acquired through experience or education. It as well is a basic need that we need in life especially in our society, without knowledge we won’t get far.
For instance, losing energy, feeling sick, might faint. People usually lie to their body every day by eating stuff that they are not supposed to do is because they do not know what they are really eating. Some people do not really care what they are eating as long it’s delicious, they would accept it. As matter fact, people worry more about their daily task than eating appropriately. In his article,” In defense of food “: Michael Pollen established “what is food” and why do American’s eat nonfood in such large quantities?” Definitely, I’m agree about food labels do provide enough information for consumers to make an informed choice about what to feed their bodies.
Thus, Katniss’s disobedience ultimately serves to gratify the Capitol’s Peacekeepers (“…they’re among our best customers.” (p. 6)), and ironically reinforces the Capitol’s power by emphasizing the divide between the hungry and the well-fed in District 12. As the story progresses, the reader witnesses the development of Katniss’s identity, a key concern of adolescent literature. As she becomes a tribute in the Hunger Games and the Capitol’s power over her grows, Katniss’s frustration increases. She starts consciously and overtly rebelling “I make a point of eating the rest of my meal with my fingers.”(p. 54): for the first time, she does not defy authority to protect her family, but to
CM: The reason for that is because the morals of the community was to stay true to their fasting for Godly works. If one was not to follow this custom, the community would question their morality. CD: Similarly, the excerpt, The Wages of Sin by Francine Prose states that modern America notions that “…addiction to food is so visible in its consequences, the obese find themselves ridiculed, rejected, and repulsed by many of those who do not over indulged.” (Prose 197). CM: The American moral is to be balances and to have complete self-control. Obesity is an after effect of over indulging
John Cloud’s article “Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin” first printed in Time Magazine on August 9th, 2009. Our author is very vocal about his feelings for exercise. He takes the position that exercise is actually futile. If one exerts themselves to much, in his opinion, they will only eat more, therefore defeating the purpose of exercising. This premise only applies if it is your intent to use exercise as a means of loosing or controlling weight.
Eating a lot of junk food will add pounds to your body and reduce your energy level (Barefoot & Gardner, 2012). Eating junk food lowers your energy level and caffeine makes you tired later. Exercise is an excellent stress-management technique, the best way to stay fit, and a critical element of any worthwhile weight loss program (Barefoot & Gardner, 2012). I agree with this statement because when I get stressed, I go play basketball for a while, and afterwards I feel better. Getting adequate sleep is another way to protect yourself from stress (Barefoot & Gardner, 2012).