In A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka, it can be argued that the character of the Hunger Artist is an absurd anti-hero parallel to the heroic figure of Jesus Christ in the Holy Bible. The Hunger Artist is the story of a "hungry and dying art", and one of the most relative interpretations of the era can be attributed to religion. Even though Kafka was born Jewish and later devoted himself to atheism, he had no difficulty in alluding to things that were central to European society. That being said, "a hunger artist" is a Christ-like figure, or martyr, as Kafka believed, who would absurdly devote himself to religion in the modernist era when interest in religion was waning. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essay The story opens with “Over the past decade, there has been a decline in interest in hunger artists,” which could be a reference to the rise of atheism in the twenties, supported by Kafka's atheism. First, let's define what it means to be a starving artist. A starving artist in this story is an "artist who starves himself masochistically for the enjoyment of others as an art form", but could be extended metaphorically to mean "an artist starving a dying art". Anyway, "starve or please others as an art and suffer for it" or "do whatever you want" all fall under the conundrum of the modernist era where people don't seem to don't worry about it unless you're in tune with the times. Skepticism and uncertainty in Hunger Artist can also be compared to Christianity. People doubted the Hunger Artist's fast, just as they doubted the words of Jesus Christ. Those who truly believed it should believe in the number of days the Hunger Artist fasted, even though it is physically impossible for someone to fast for that long. There is also the question of the reliability of the narrator, because the word of the Bible is called into question. Is the Bible really the word of God? And did this narrator really know the Hunger Artist, did he follow him, and did he know whether he ate or not? Is he too proud to say anything? The Hunger Artist's forty-day fasting period alludes to Christ. However, the Hunger Artist chooses to go beyond the maximum fasting period and fast much longer, making him a "Super-Christ" figure. Ironically, after he surpasses Christ, people lose interest in him because no one can surpass Christ. Both Christ and the Hunger Artist were martyred figures. Both characters starved to death for several days. Both characters died mercilessly and painfully. As Christ was murdered, the Hunger Artist virtually committed suicide. However, he died for people like Christ. He was sacrificing himself. Christ sacrificed himself for the good of God, while the Hunger Artist did it for an “art”, the only thing he knew, which is Christ-like. Some biblical allusions in The Hunger Artist include the two women and the watchers who represent "God" and "the desert". The hunger artist was tempted to eat the food by observers and women, but he never gave in. He maintained his resilience and remained unbroken. The hunger artist's cage can be compared to Christ on the cross as a state of imprisonment, shame, lack of freedom, although the obvious contrast is that the cross was much more significant and attributed to death and holiness while the cage returns to animality and barbarity. THE.