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That lean and hungry look by Suzanne Britt Jordan: Analysis
The author, Suzanne Britt, refers to Julius Caesar in the tile “Lean and Hungry Look.” Julius Caesar thought that thin people are dangerous. Thin people were unsettling to Caesar who apparently though the company of fat people was way better than thin people. In his mind the fat men were more appreciative and trustworthy. According to Caesar heavier people are often nice because they do not have any reason to be mean to anyone while thin people are often rude and aggressive to the fat people because they are unable to perceive fat people for whom they really are. Jordan is trying to fight the stereotypical and hasty view in the generalization of the character of fat people vis-à-vis that of thin people. The truth is that all or most heavier people will not be necessarily ebullient not will thin people be necessarily stuck up and mean to the fat people. Jordan is trying to convince the audience that fat people have admirable attributes if only other people would care to look beyond their physical appearance. The logic used by the author is one of comparing fat people with thin people and presenting arguments that are discriminative of thin people with the hope that she will convince...
In the writing Jordan thin people are portrayed as bothersome. The thin people, according to Jordan, believe too much in logic and the detailed 2,000 point plans that must be followed if happiness is to be achieved. On the other hand fat people are presented as being aware of the fact that happiness cannot be defined. Jordan use the approach of contrast and comparison between the thin and fat people as a way of demonstrating that fat people have an advantage that most people are unable to perceive because they are under the delusion that fat people are unhappy and unattractive. Although Jordan is trying to appeal to a society that has been led to believe that ‘thin’ is good and ‘fat’ is bad, the approach used is blatantly stereotypical. Being fat is always associated with sickness, neurotics, and sadness. Jordan tries to appeal to the society that being fat is not as bad as people think it is.
Jordan also uses connotations in her article. She is trying to make the word fat sound acceptable. Normally the word fat is associated with negative connotations. Jordan uses it in the…
References
Jordan, S.B. (2014). That Lean and Hungry Look. Retrieved 3 October, 2018, from http://www.putclub.com/html/ability/Forliteratures/20140626/88081.html
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