HUNGER-KNUT HAMSUN-ENGLISH

 

HUNGER-KNUT HAMSUN

Norway

Psychology-Philosophy

1890

Close your eyes.

Imagine that you live in a cold room which doesn’t have furniture except an old blanket,table and chair.Imagine that you are hungry and your clothes are over-worn.You are such a broke.

 

Imagine being hungry for days, unable to even stay in single room because you can't pay the rent. Imagine livinging on the streets and stripping the bones that dogs eat.

How desperate , isn’t it ?

So, if you're so desperate, can you dare to steal ?

 

If you knew you were going to starve ,could you take money that you didn't deserve?

What about pride ?

Is it possible to be ‘proud’ in such misery ?

What about  love ?

Can a poor man who sells shirt buttons to feed his stomach have the right to love ?

 

(Knut HAMSUN)

 The hero of novel earns his living with what he writes.He can't always find a publisher for what he writes. It's often rejected. The  young man, who is trying to survive with the three or five cents he has earned, is quite proud. He's very loyal to those who help him. However, he has a terrible habit of lying. He constantly imagines himself in a fantasy world.’ he is called that ‘He is nut ‘ in public.

All right I shouldn’t have used the expression’Fantasy World’ because this  may not be the right statement. 😔

 

On the physiology of hunger;

After reading this book, ‘What changes will happen to your body if a person goes hungry for a long time ?'I started looking for the answer to his question .I was quite surprised by what I found out. Scientists say healthy people can last as long as 8 weeks without food as long as they can find water. The body stores the energy it needs as fat, carbohydrates and protein. It is the first carbohydrate used when there is no food. Then fat and finally protein are used.

Symptoms after a few days without food include:

 Weakness, chronic diarrhea, confusion, poor decision-making, irritability, immune deficiency.

 Long-term hunger causes your organs to lose function one by one. In this case, the following is seen:

 Hallucinations, muscle spasms, irregular heartbeat, Nov.

 

In fact, the hallucinations that he sees are caused by long days of hunger.

 

On the psychology of hunger;

According to a study published by American psychologist Maslow in 1943, people are subject to a hierarchy of needs.

 

The individual tends to meet their basic needs, starting with the lowest level of their needs. A person does not perceive the requirements of a higher-level category until the requirements of a particular category are fully met, they do not have such requirements. As an example, a person who can feed on a daily basis but is not in security, who constantly perceives himself as a possible threat, does not need to read books to improve his worldview.

 

Since our hero is stuck on the first step of this pyramid, he suffers both psychological and physiological deprivation. As a result, he experiences frequent hallucinations and talks to himself . The only good thing that hunger can't destroy is the debt of loyalty to the people who do him good

P.S 

🔊 20. although it is considered the literary opening of the century, it is considered one of the most important examples of modern and psychologically immersive literature

 

🔊 The first pages of the book describe the author's biography. At the end of the book you can catch some resemblance.

 

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