Journal Assignment #3
“No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch” – Ann Hodgman
(The Norton Sampler p.77)
Read the selection and write a one paragraph response to the following questions.
1. Cite three specific examples of Hodgman’s descriptive imagery that you find to be particularly effective.
“Cycle-2, for adults, glistens nastily with fat, but it’s passably edible- a lot like some canned Swedish meatballs I once got in a care package at college.”
“There were chunks in the can, certainly- big, purplish-brown chunks.”
“Rather, it looked- and felt- like a single long, extruded piece of redness that had been chopped into segments and formed into a patty.”
2. What do you think Hodgman’s purpose was in writing this essay? What overall message/meaning do you take from the essay?
I think Hodgman’s purpose for writing was to confront her curiosity of the taste of dog food that packaging and advertising sell to be appealing. The author states that she has always wondered if Gaines-burgers are really like hamburgers, like the packaging claims. She tries numerous types of dog food and treats to reveal what exactly is in the makeup of “real meat” dog food. She finds that most foods do not taste the way that one would assume from reading the labels.
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