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Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the significance of the word “hunger” - including its multiple meanings - to the author Roxane Gay. Use specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Gay repeatedly refers to her body as “unruly.” Write an essay analyzing why she describes her body this way.

Essay Topic 3

Gay uses the idea of “accretion” to help explain both how she gained so much weight and her lifelong struggle with loneliness. Write an essay analyzing the meaning of “accretion” as it relates to these two specific problems in the author’s life, using specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 4

Gay describes her body as a cage “of my own making” and says she has been trying to figure a way out of it for 20 years (19). Write an essay detailing what she means by this and provide examples of how she feels imprisoned or limited...

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