ENGL 2027 Chapter : ANOREXIA Analysis
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It portrays the sense of fear, the feeling of. Lugo 1 depression, the act of starvation; all united into a characterized disorder of destruction. These are the elements that are intensified in eavan boland"s anorexia, as the author journeys through the disturbing aspects of a woman"s eating disorder. When the poem is first read, it seems as though the words simply depict a woman struggling with the disorder of anorexia. However, once read more in depth, a reader may conclude that boland"s poem bears much more meaning. Through the figure of the body, boland demonstrates how exposed a female can become to the physical standards of the woman, the presence of the male character, and the lack of control within the female position. The true intention of anorexia is to illustrate the vulnerability of the female identity. does not appear as woman ought to and does not exhibit the same grace as others seem to.
