Journal 3

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. 

“When I pulled open the container, juice spurted all over my hand, and the first chunk I speared was trailing a long gray vein.”

“I gagged my way through can after can of stinky, white-flecked mush and bag after bag of stinky, fat-drenched nuggets.”

“It wasn’t bad except for its texture- like meat loaf with ground-up chicken bones.”

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 that her purpose was to find out for herself if our food is like dog food. When we see the advertising it looks like it would be connected with human food. The advertising can be deceitful and deceptive. She was being satirical and humorous that she uses to send the message that she is not fully being literal. She is making fun of food magazines and things like that because she was a former food critic.